It should be a crime that America locks up so much of its youths. Right now the United States has more than 60,000 children sitting in jail, lost in a broken system that has led our country to ...

Does sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison violate the Constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"? The Supreme Court is set to consider that question. The court will hear ...

The Riverside County DA's office appears inclined to pursue prosecution of parents and guardians in some e-bike crashes ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In decisions widely hailed as milestones, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010 and 2012 acted to curtail the use of mandatory life sentences for juveniles, accepting the argument that ...

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 ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- There was an important milestone Thursday for an organization that works to ensure justice for young people in trouble with the law. The Juvenile Justice Initiative, based in ...

CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — As some state lawmakers seek action to address troubling allegations regarding conditions at Virginia's only youth prison, the state's juvenile justice director is raising ...

As a longtime Indigenous rights attorney, Gabe Galanda has seen it again and again. Native American kids find themselves ...

In and out of juvenile detention since age 11, Curtis Tassin earned the jailhouse nickname “Houdini” after three bold escapes from three different lockups. But those brazen breakouts were just the ...