Maryland sexual abuse survivors and advocates rallied at Baltimore's War Memorial Plaza on Wednesday to demand justice after they say the state failed them during their time in juvenile detention ...

Hundreds of survivors of child sexual abuse at juvenile detention centers rallied Wednesday for justice. A child in 2012, Elexis Massey said she was sent to a state facility, where she was neglected, ...

Lawyers said the state should be held just as accountable as the Catholic Church. They've since filed thousands of legal ...

House Democrats are once again making the attempt to turn 2021 recommendations from the bipartisan, bicameral Juvenile ...

A new Washington state juvenile detention center meant to help address persistent overcrowding at an existing facility will open months later than anticipated due to difficulties in hiring staff.

Logan Seacrest, Resident Fellow, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, R Street InstituteTestimony in Opposition to LB 556, ...

An organization in Chicago is trying to apply a strategy used for fighting drug addiction to reduce gun violence.

OAKLAND, CA – The Urban Peace Movement (UPM) has issued a strong call to Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones ...

The amendments to the Restorative Justice Law for Children and their Protection from Maltreatment will allow judges to impose bans on certain websites and online platforms as part of sentencing, ...

When she received an invitation to speak at the California Institution for Men, a prison in the city of Chino, California, in August, she saw a new opportunity to help interrupt the cycle of domestic ...

Newark police officers were gunned down in the line of duty, one dead, one critical, allegedly by a 14-year-old shooter, in a ...

More than two dozen Los Angeles County probation officers are charged with child abuse for so-called "gladiator fights" at a ...