A lawsuit has been filed against Snohomish County, alleging widespread child sexual abuse at two juvenile detention centers ...

At least 15 children incarcerated at the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center were groomed and sexually abused by guards at the facility over the span of three decades, according to a complaint ...

Some states keep adding beds in already troubled facilities, while others are trying alternative approaches to detention or ...

Arraignment was held Wednesday for the two children charged in the alleged sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl in a Cleveland ...

The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near ...

The decision could force changes for all children and teenagers held at North Carolina’s largest juvenile detention center.

I tried to lease. I tried to buy. I tried to offer incentives for them to do it,” said William Lassiter, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Public Safety.

The Richard L. Bean juvenile detention center in Knox County operates at a quarter capacity, costing taxpayers over $167,000 ...

A dozen formerly incarcerated youth filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against Snohomish County, alleging decades of sexual ...

Three more staffers at a juvenile detention center in Brooklyn are accused of taking bribes to sneak in contraband to the ...

Juvenile detention centers in Missouri offer young convicts emotional support. Waverly, Mo., Sept. 9, 2009 — -- For most of the nearly 100,000 kids in America's juvenile justice system, life in ...

Kids at the Durango Juvenile Detention Center are getting the chance to learn how to play the guitar. It helps them take their minds off of what's going on and allows them to heal and have something ...