A five-year lawsuit over conditions at Charleston County’s Juvenile Detention Center has resulted in a federal consent decree that attorneys say could reshape juvenile justice practices.

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A teenager who spent months on an ankle monitor at his own request to avoid reoffending is now preparing to ...

The new consent decree ends five years of litigation, installs independent oversight of juvenile jail staff and ends solitary confinement as punishment on children. A group of Nelson Mullins lawyers ...

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 ...

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

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Children are being locked in solitary confinement at a Tennessee juvenile detention center under conditions that experts say could amount to torture. The Tennessee Department of ...

Proposed legislation in Kansas cracks open state guidelines to allow courts to sentence any kid deemed an offender to juvenile prison, reversing a decade-old effort to treat youth incarceration as a ...

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 ...

When in recent years Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul investigated claims of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church statewide, he was outspoken in his quest for justice. “… when such trust is ...

A longstanding civil lawsuit over the living conditions at the Charleston County Juvenile Detention Center was settled with promises of reforms.