An investigation into the attack revealed that only half of the required eight employees were on duty at the time of the ...

At times children in the SC agency’s custody have to sleep in plastic cots on the floor because of overcrowding.

State police in Westmoreland County had to stop what they are calling a riot at a juvenile detention center over the weekend.

Abuse allegations from boys once held at Cumberland County's Juvenile Detention Center are now are the basis of a lawsuit in ...

Minors held in juvenile detention in Philadelphia are routinely locked in their rooms for days on end, in violation of state ...

The total time youths were confined to their rooms in Nebraska juvenile facilities more than doubled in the past year, ...

Young people have been chained to benches at police stations for hours as county officials try to find appropriate housing, ...

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The former superintendent of a Kentucky juvenile detention center that was the site of a riot in 2022 failed to conduct mental health assessments and wrongly accused a teen of ...

Police: State worker arrested for providing marijuana to youth housed at Goshen juvenile detention center A storm chaser and ...

The county expects to spend more than $12.5 million in mandatory overtime at the jail this year. The jail also needs over $4 ...

Blee found that Atlantic County’s juvenile detention woes required immediate relief. “The juveniles and law enforcement in Atlantic County cannot wait any longer for the determination on who ...

Juvenile court, in a statement Tuesday afternoon, acknowledged that the sheriff's office will maintain oversight of the detention center and said that they will continue working with SCSO to plan ...