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

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

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

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

A new youth intervention center in Marion County aims to keep at-risk teenagers out of the juvenile justice system by ...

The former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee is charged with two felonies for allegedly throwing a boy ...

Eight seats are open for Allegheny County’s Court of Common Pleas in next Tuesday’s election. Although 13 candidates are ...

Seven attorneys — five of whom live in Madison County — have applied to fill a county court judicial vacancy in the Seventh Judicial District.

Criminal justice policy discussions often center on a few hot-button topics, such as the mental health and substance abuse crises, disparities in incarceration, and juvenile crime. Comparatively, the ...

Free expungement clinics in New Castle and Sussex counties will provide legal guidance to help residents remove old violations.

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