Attorney Lashandra Peoples-Johnson provided an overview of how the justice system addresses crimes committed by minors in Oklahoma, outlining classifications, court processes, and potential outcomes.

In the general population, 54 percent of children are Caucasian, 20 percent are Latino, 18 percent are African American and six percent are Asian. [5] Since 1995, African American boys and girls have ...

It was on a late spring day when Amanda Schroeder finally received the report she had been hoping for. A student she’d been working with as a social worker for the nonprofit Communities in Schools had ...

PITTSBURGH — Allegheny County officials have responded to calls to reopen the Shuman Juvenile Detention Center amid continued juvenile violence throughout Pittsburgh. On Tuesday, the Allegheny County ...

With the state’s juvenile justice facilities shutting down this Friday, the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, a non-profit seeking to reduce incarceration, released a report today highlighting ...

Following a rash of juvenile car thefts and gun violence, as well as concerns about why Cuyahoga County transfers more children to adult court than any other county in the state, two reporters spent ...

CHARLOTTE — It’s no secret that kids are committing an overwhelming amount of violent crimes in Charlotte. Under Raise the Age, all criminal cases for suspects under the age of 18 start in juvenile ...

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 ...

In the months since California closed the last of its juvenile facilities, some of the counties now managing the new system have funded new higher education programming for incarcerated students, ...

A new report is shedding light on how far behind Pennsylvania has fallen when it comes to fixing the state’s juvenile justice system. The report from the Prison Policy Initiative, which provides ...