September 17, 2024 Ohio’s youth prisons continue to struggle with staffing. One in five jobs are vacant and large numbers of employees left last year, […]
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An investigation by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department found that officers at a detention center in Dallas kept kids isolated for days and falsified logs
Staffers falsified paperwork meant to check up on children detained in county’s Juvenile Department, state inspectors find By Chase Rogers and Maggie Prosser – Staff
August 17, 2024 WASHINGTON DC – “Youth Justice By the Numbers,” a new report released Thursday by The Sentencing Project, finds a 75 percent decline
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August 12, 2024 Governor JB Pritzker today signed into law Senate Bill 3463, an amendment to the Juvenile Court Act, which creates a clear process
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August 11, 2024 Texas Juvenile Justice Department officials said Friday they already were implementing changes that address 40 of the 48 recommendations in a scathing
August 1, 2024 Federal investigators accuse TJJD of engaging in a “pattern of abuse” at its five secure facilities across the state: Evins Regional Juvenile
July 30, 2024 Workforce/Staffing (The Center Square) – Spokane and other counties statewide are teaming up to sue the Washington State Department of Children, Youth
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July 22, 2024 PITTSBURGH — Three lawsuits filed Monday in Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas allege three western Pennsylvania non-profit juvenile detention facilities failed
July 11, 2024 Peers who have been through the juvenile justice system can help put incarcerated young people on a path to rehabilitation and redemption,
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July 8, 2024 Authorities in Southern California have axed more than a dozen top officials after complaints of violence and injuries from rank-and-file officers in
July 6, 2024 OLYMPIA, Wash.- On July 5, Green Hill School in Chehalis and Echo Glen Children’s Center in Snoqualmie have suspended entries to curb
