Monday, the Woodward Board of County Commissioners approved a letter from Western Plains Youth and Family Services, Inc.

In addition to raising the age that kids can be detained from 10 to 12, starting in mid-2027 the bill would also raise the ...

A former correctional officer with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department has been arrested and is facing multiple charges ...

The Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center in West Dallas. A female Dallas County Juvenile detention center officer was hospitalized earlier this month after an incident involving a juvenile detainee.

For the first time in 22 years, the Allen County Juvenile Detention Center is raising its rates. Allen County commissioners Friday approved a $50 increase – to be implemented in two phases ...

The former Juvenile Detention Center still stands as do 11 lawsuits in federal court. Very little progress has been made in ...

More than a dozen detention services officers at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy, and battery.

At least three rank-and-file state workers lost their jobs in March at Kentucky’s juvenile detention facility in Graves County amid investigations into employees who apparently had sex in the ...

Effectively, the bill excludes facilities operated by the Department of Children, Youth and Families and county juvenile detention facilities from the definition of a “correctional institution ...

Child Abuse Prevention Month emphasizes the importance of an informed community and creating safe spaces for children.

It was an internship while working on a psychology degree that led Candi Shute to a career in the juvenile justice system. Shute has been the administrator for Yakima County’s Juvenile Court ...