It should be a crime that America locks up so much of its youths. Right now the United States has more than 60,000 children sitting in jail, lost in a broken system that has led our country to ...

EVANSTON, Ill. (WLS) -- There was an important milestone Thursday for an organization that works to ensure justice for young people in trouble with the law. The Juvenile Justice Initiative, based in ...

Less than a year after a scathing report from the Department of Justice found that Texas juvenile prisons are rife with sexual and physical abuse, the state Legislature is considering sending more ...

A Texas Senate bill and a companion House bill would allow some youths as young as 15 in juvenile facilities to be sent to adult prisons. A Senate bill currently being considered would change a Texas ...

One sunny spring morning, Ronald Olivier is chatting with a reporter on a sidewalk in downtown Baton Rouge. Construction workers freshen blue paint on a nearby curb, and clusters of business people in ...

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Tarrant County recently sent more kids to state youth prisons than any other ...