State inspections have revealed critical issues in juvenile detention centers, including severe understaffing and ...

Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

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Maryland’s automatic charging laws are among the nation’s strictest. The state automatically charges 16- and 17-year-olds as adults for 33 offenses.

Dallas County believes change is happening to improve juvenile detention. Unless they are overselling, it's the kind of modification that needs to happen. "In essence, we were taking kids who were not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One day after the superintendent of Knox County's juvenile detention center dismissed two key staff members, Richard Bean reversed ...

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it closed in 2022, but staffing challenges remain the main barrier.

DESOTO COUNTY, Miss. - Three children escaped a juvenile detention center in Hernando, Mississippi, early Sunday morning, the DeSoto County Sheriff's Office (DSCO) said. According to DSCO, on Sunday, ...