A routine eye doctor appointment takes a wild turn as two teens from a youth academy bolt for freedom, leading police on a ...

County employees who will work in the new juvenile detention center met with architects last week to discuss final plans for the center, with construction expected to begin during the spring.

Amid a rise in youth violent crime, Jefferson County-based state lawmakers are reacting to the county's top prosecutor's ...

With a string of shootings involving youth in Louisville, questions about the future of the Jefferson County Juvenile ...

The Maine Department of Corrections says multiple agencies, including the U.S. Marshals, are assisting in the search for two ...

Police have shared new details following a crash that caused a major backup on I-16.According to the Garden City Police Department, officers tried to stop a stolen vehicle on Dean Forest Road Friday ...

A special judge has pushed back the trial for the man who allegedly intentionally crashed into the Dickinson Juvenile Justice ...

To keep its new juvenile detention center on budget, Cole County needs to break ground this year, Presiding County Commissioner Sam Bushman said Thursday.

Illustration of an excerpt from incarcerated students' letters, written to Florida lawmakers and obtained by The Associated ...

New Mexico faces challenges in holding juveniles charged with gun crimes due to limited detention facilities and staffing ...

Some leaders in Peoria County law enforcement believe the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 could use updating to fit the kind of crimes being committed by today’s youth.

Six people taken from an East Oakland home this week are now in ICE detention centers in Tacoma, Wash., and a juvenile center ...