What do these school kids have in common? The teenage girl with a bladder disorder who left class without permission, ignoring a teacher and racing for a bathroom rather than wet herself; the boy who ...

Less than a year after a scathing report from the Department of Justice found that Texas juvenile prisons are rife with sexual and physical abuse, the state Legislature is considering sending more ...

The court-issued monitor for Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake released a report Friday on conditions at the notorious juvenile facilities. It was the monitor’s 22nd visit to the prisons, and revealed ...

The Texas Juvenile Justice Department, in a September board meeting presentation, showed that Tarrant County commits more ...

Tennessee lawmakers have sent a bill to Gov. Bill Lee’s (R-TN) desk introducing “blended sentencing,” which is when the worst juvenile offenders can be handed adult punishments after they age out of ...

TEXAS, USA — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Members of a Texas legislative panel sharply dressed down the state’s ...

Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration plans to reopen the Jetson Center for Youth in Baker (pictured above) later this year. The juvenile justice facility was shut down over a decade ago. (Julie ...