The Tulsa Juvenile Detention Home director says violent assaults and threats from youth offenders are leading to high turnover and understaffing at the facility.

The family of a Racine teen is demanding accountability and change after they allege he was brutally assaulted by staff members at Racine County’s juvenile detention center.

When it opened, the 70,000-square-foot, 48-bed facility was lauded as an "alternative to the troubled Lincoln Hills and ...

A newly released state audit blasts DCS for slow child abuse investigations and problems inside transitional homes and ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — To earn his freedom, 15-year-old Cayden Gillespie had to complete three school assignments a day. But school had gone virtual for Cayden and other incarcerated young people in ...

TULSA, Okla. — An employee for the Tulsa County juvenile detention center is suspended pending an investigation into "suspicious behavior," according to a press release from Tulsa County. On Nov. 20, ...

A Tulsa County Juvenile Detention Home employee was suspended Thursday after a staff member was observed exhibiting suspicious behavior with a minor, officials said. A detention officer noticed the ...

The Division of Youth Services, which oversees the state’s 12 detention and commitment facilities, employs more than 1,000 ...

Dallas County believes change is happening to improve juvenile detention. Unless they are overselling, it's the kind of modification that needs to happen. "In essence, we were taking kids who were not ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — The Johnson County Board of Supervisors earlier this week voted down a proposed budget ...