For observers of Massachusetts courts, it’s taken for granted: Court proceedings are presumed open, except in juvenile court, ...

More lawsuits were filed this week alleging widespread sexual abuse inside the juvenile justice system in Illinois.

The Department of Juvenile Services is supportive of the proposed reforms, and its legislative director testified in support ...

A bill to strengthen data and information sharing about state-supervised youth, including those in the juvenile justice system, died without debate in the House Judiciary Committee last week.

both have been locked up in New Jersey’s juvenile prison system, the Juvenile Justice Commission (JJC).[1] But for all of their similarities, there is a world’s difference between the two.

PURE Academy, which has partnered with Shelby County Juvenile Court to keep young men out of jail, opened its secondary ...

(WOWT) - Nebraska lawmakers will consider a bill aimed at making the streets of its urban areas safer, targeting young people who commit violent crimes and giving the system more resources to deal ...

“It is our responsibility to protect the most vulnerable, and that includes the children in our juvenile justice system,” he said. “We must demand accountability from those who are entrusted with the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - A Louisville-based organization that works to improve the lives of children in Kentucky is asking for major reform in the state’s juvenile justice system. “If it does not ...