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

Renee's Law faces an uphill battle in the Connecticut legislature, but it would ensure victims of crimes committed by minors receive justice.

Sheriff Garry McFadden previously said he has a plan to reopen it, though the state says that plan isn’t realistic.

Pennsylvania is seeing major progress in the effort to keep justice-involved youth from ending up back in custody as the state’s Balance and Restorative Justice model turns 30. Data from the latest ...

New questions are emerging about the data driving a recommendation to overhaul Maryland’s juvenile justice system.

Many students in Alameda County's youth facility read below the third grade level. An innovative program is finally offering ...

WASHINGTON — As part of a shake up in the Justice Department, career prosecutor Mary Patrice Brown will head up the Office of Professional Responsibilty, an internal unit first established in 1975 ...