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 ...
Young people have been chained to benches at police stations for hours as county officials try to find appropriate housing, ...
Despite a letter and paperwork to transfer oversight of the youth detention center from the sheriff to court, the transition ...
The county expects to spend more than $12.5 million in mandatory overtime at the jail this year. The jail also needs over $4 ...
Blee found that Atlantic County’s juvenile detention woes required immediate relief. “The juveniles and law enforcement in Atlantic County cannot wait any longer for the determination on who ...
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 ...
Juvenile court, in a statement Tuesday afternoon, acknowledged that the sheriff's office will maintain oversight of the detention center and said that they will continue working with SCSO to plan ...