Nine more former detainees are accusing an ex-staffer at a Bronx juvenile detention center of sexually abusing them as ...

No student had previously completed the qualifications to graduate while in custody, but the Phoenix Rising program enabled ...

The state’s largest facility for youth offenders remains over capacity, with one legislator describing the situation at the ...

James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

Kellen Constant had to stand by and watch a 13-year-old girl cry after learning about the unexpected death of her mother.

Bernalillo County juvenile detention center is near capacity ...

A new wave of sexual assault complaints has been levied against the City of New York, bringing the total number of alleged ...

Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center, plagued for more than two years by staffing and other issues, may be getting ...

Gov. Jim Pillen and Nebraska law enforcement officials back a proposed law that would allow the state to jail children as ...

The 115 new alleged victims, who each brought suit on Monday, joined hundreds of other survivors who have filed cases since ...

Philadelphia incarcerates a higher percentage of teenagers than any other major American city. Once in the system, kids are ...