In Pennsylvania, all counties do offer diversion of some kind. And the vast majority of first-time juvenile offenders – more ...

Despite a 75% decline in youth incarceration since 2000, racial and ethnic disparities remain in the arrests, sentencing and ...

Since the early '90s, The Link, a north Minneapolis nonprofit, has been helping teens and keeping them out of the juvenile ...

Former Judge Mark Ciavarella leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton after proceedings in his 2011 trial on corruption charges. It may seem like ancient history, but the “kids for cash” scandal that ...

11 MOBILE APP. BALTIMORE CITY STATE’S ATTORNEY I CALLED OUT THE MAYOR TODAY ON THE C4 BRIAN NIEMAN RADIO PROGRAM. YEAH, HE SAID, WE NEED MORE SUPPORT FROM CITY HALL, BUT HE DECLINED TO ELABORATE.

Memphis parents and local leaders gathered at the Whitehaven Library to confront what they call a growing mental health crisis impacting children.

A new report touts some progress with New Mexico's juvenile justice system with fewer felony charges. However, over half of ...

Officials spoke about the shifting landscape of Maryland’s juvenile justice system at a town hall held in Southeast Baltimore on Thursday.

In town halls and in conversations with community associations across Maryland over the past two years, citizens have expressed concern with the state of our juvenile justice system. Maryland ...

The number of youthful offenders referred to New Mexico's juvenile justice system has declined over the last 20 years due to ...

More than 50,000 children in conflict with the law remain caught in a sluggish justice system where over half the cases ...