HARRISBURG — Dozens of children who were sent to juvenile detention centers and similar facilities in Pennsylvania suffered physical and sexual abuse including violent rapes, according to four related ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A state senator announced plans to introduce bills that would work to reform the juvenile justice system in Pennsylvania. Representative Melissa Shusterman said that the bills ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A representative in Pennsylvania is pushing for the minimum age for a child to be tried in a juvenile court to be raised. Currently, in Pennsylvania, children as young as 10 can ...

Pennsylvanians can be proud of a lot of things about our state, but how we treat children in the juvenile justice system is not one of them. In fact, we should hang our heads in shame. Pennsylvania ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democratic lawmakers in Harrisburg introduced legislation aimed at reforming Pennsylvania's juvenile justice system. Six representatives hosted a press conference at the Capitol on ...

A commission charged with reviewing the Luzerne County, Pa., judicial corruption scandal released a final report Thursday, recommending scores of new procedures to protect juveniles who appear in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. EBENSBURG, Pa. – A juvenile Cambria County homicide suspect appeared Tuesday for his monthly interest of justice hearing before ...

Pennsylvania spends roughly $200,000 a year for each juvenile it incarcerates, according to a 2021 report from the bipartisan Pennsylvania Juvenile Justice Task Force. That’s 50 times the cost to ...

Juvenile crime has been on the rise in western Pennsylvania communities, but local law enforcement is finding its hands tied when deciding how to best address issues among these demographics. While ...