A Texas Senate bill under consideration would lower the current age from 16 for juveniles already in the system and commit a ...

While, in some states, only those who commit violent crimes are affected, in others any felony is enough to have a 16-year-old thrown into prison with adult offenders. Our prison system has two goals: ...

Critics argue the bill mirrors the recently rejected Amendment 3 and will lead to harsher treatment of juveniles, ...

State inspectors conducting surprise visits at two Ohio youth prisons found staff shortages, violence and solitary confinement plague the facilities.

Juvenile offenders languishing in NC prisons as adults have little hope for parole despite a mandate from the court system to do more.

Both males and females who had been to prison fared worse than those who had only spent time in juvenile facilities or adult jails. "Incarceration isolates youth from their families and communities.

State inspectors conducted surprise visits in January at Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility in Massillon and Circleville JCF, which combined hold 315 teens and young adults. Both prisons ...