Maryland Public Defender advocates for childhood protection and criminal justice reform, highlighting the need for prevention and care over punishment.

Los Angeles County’s Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall. Imprisonment of children in juvenile facilities peaked at 108,802 in 2000. As we exit our roles working to improve juvenile justice systems from ...

They had, to that point, adopted a British system that held that so long as a juvenile engaged in behavior that seemed to indicate that the child understood that what they did was wrong, then the ...

California weakened juvenile justice tools through years of legislative reform. Assembly Bill 1376 limits court oversight in violent juvenile offender cases. Victims face trauma while released ...

Juvenile crime in California is rising – and rising by a lot. Last year, the number of juveniles arrested for all types of offenses reached 32,874, which was a staggering increase of 70 percent from ...

One of the Big Apple’s most notorious criminals this year has been arrested two dozen times in less than two years, yet remains free to walk city streets — because he’s just 14 years old. Another ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Jade Miller says all children deserve a second chance and the right to an education. But, she doesn't think that's always happening at the Houston Independent School District ...

Philadelphia detains more young people per capita than any major American city. In fact, its rate of confinement is more-than-double the second-ranked city. So why are we such an outlier? Critics say ...

A $50 million project to reshape Minnehaha County's Juvenile Detention Center is nearing a crucial step in a plan to create a "one-stop shop" for juvenile justice that officials say will bring ...

The Knox County Juvenile Justice Center board is planning for transition after interim director Brian Bivens' sudden ...

Investigators found staff at Kentucky juvenile centers falsified observation logs. Security video and interviews show youths were not checked while in their cells. DJJ plans new tech for bed checks, ...