At times children in the SC agency’s custody have to sleep in plastic cots on the floor because of overcrowding.

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said the goal is to find a suitable location and begin construction this year.

Abuse allegations from boys once held at Cumberland County's Juvenile Detention Center are now are the basis of a lawsuit in ...

State police in Westmoreland County had to stop what they are calling a riot at a juvenile detention center over the weekend.

Minors held in juvenile detention in Philadelphia are routinely locked in their rooms for days on end, in violation of state ...

The county expects to spend more than $12.5 million in mandatory overtime at the jail this year. The jail also needs over $4 ...

A Cleveland Heights man has been identified as a suspect in the murder of 74-year-old Edith Moore, and the shooting of an ...

In November 2024, the former DYS director told News 5 that scaling down facilities was the first of 26 recommendations to improve safety and outcomes in the state’s juvenile justice system.“It’s ...

The incident happened a the same Georgia high school where a September shooting killed two teachers and two students ...

Police have made a second arrest in a deadly shooting in Hillview that happened last year. Hillview police said they arrested ...

Ohio Department of Youth Services is building four new juvenile justice centers in Cuyahoga and Lorain counties.