Video from a Racine youth detention center shows staff striking a teen in custody. His mother calls it excessive, though prosecutors declined to file charges.

WHO SAYS JERRY COOPER WAS HIRED TO KILL THEIR DAD. BUT FIRST CALLS TO REOPEN LOUISVILLE’S YOUTH DETENTION CENTER GROW LOUDER. RECENT MEASURES ON A STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL ARE SPARKING MORE CONVERSATIONS ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - Louisville has not had a juvenile detention center since 2019, when the city’s facility closed its doors due to a council vote and funding cuts. State lawmakers set aside ...

The Wisconsin State Public Defenders Office Tuesday released video showing a violent confrontation between a 15-year-old boy and staff at a youth detention center in Racine County.

More states are either closing youth detention centers or considering it. Since 2000, states have seen between a 50% and 60% drop in incarcerated youth, according to the Juvenile Law Center. In New ...

LIMA — Incarcerated youth at the Allen County Juvenile Detention Center can soon learn to express themselves through music. Mentoring with Music entered into a partnership with Allen County Juvenile ...

The next Knox County sheriff will decide whether to take over operations of the troubled juvenile detention center. Current Sheriff Tom Spangler volunteered his office to run the facility, but the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Staff at Colorado’s juvenile detention centers violated policies meant to protect youth during strip searches more than 1,000 times during nine months ...

Work is underway to reopen the state-controlled Louisville youth detention center that Metro Government closed in 2019 due to financial problems. The estimated reopening deadline, in two years, is too ...