A Los Angeles County judge took a major step toward shutting down Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, months after a state ...

Los Padrinos holds more than 270 youths, of which about three-quarters are accused of violent crimes, according to the ...

The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, ruled on Monday that the state may rely upon its evaluation of a juvenile defendant who ...

In her role, Shute oversees the county’s juvenile justice system, including managing the juvenile court system and a ...

Court documents show a 16-year-old made an “arrangement to engage in a sex act” with a 13-year-old and to occur “as a ...

An attorney for Nicholas Flannery says his infant son's injuries were caused by a chronic medical issue, not abuse.

Superior Court Judge Michael Espinoza ordered on Friday that the county is to come up with a plan to relocate detained youth ...

Law Day Tuesday at the Jefferson County Justice Center, the Jefferson County Bar Association presented its annual Community Legal Service Award to Sean Tucker, center. The annual award is given to ...

A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s parole system by inmates who were sent to prison decades ago for crimes they committed as juveniles.

An accused killer, who has already established along criminal history at age 15, was before a judge Friday in juvenile court ...

The boy says that his attorney's failure to object to the state's recommendation that he be sent to Indiana Department of ...

A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s parole system by inmates who were sent to ...