Travis Porter was arrested twice for domestic violence, but not sent to jail, in months before facing new felony charge of ...

State Attorney Monique Worrell highlighted staffing and funding challenges, and renewed calls for legislative changes to ...

The bills would require judges to refer some students to diversion programs instead of detention and eliminate most fines and ...

Act, 2015 (JJ Act) overrides all other laws in case of a child in conflict with law. Perusing various provisions of the JJ ...

Kerala University's new admission directive conflicts with the Juvenile Justice Act, sparking concern among child rights activists and parents.

Court documents reveal the 16-year-old had an extensive juvenile criminal history and was on probation when he allegedly shot ...

The rising number of youth sent from counties like Tarrant is helping to push the waitlist for beds in youth prisons to near ...

Placing reliance on erstwhile Section 19 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2000 which is almost identical to Section 24 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of ...

A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection with a shooting that occurred at a bonfire party celebrating Forest High School ...

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Juvenile justice experts gathered at the Capitol on Tuesday for a joint hearing of the House Children and Youth and Judiciary committees.

CHEHALIS, Wash — In the predawn hours one morning in April 2024, a guard at Washington's most secure juvenile detention ...