By: Skylar Laird – December 6, 2024 COLUMBIA — The state’s juvenile justice agency still lacks staff to keep officers and youth safe, three years after receiving […]
Staffing shortages remain problem for DJJ, SC report finds Read More »
November 12, 2024 RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — In less than two months, at least five juveniles escaped from North Carolina juvenile detention facilities. Those escapes
NC Juvenile Justice system facing challenges; officials say change needs to come Read More »
October 24, 2024 A report by the New York City Department of Investigation found that the populations of two metropolitan juvenile detention facilities were “fundamentally
Report says NYC juvenile facilities have grown more dangerous Read More »
CNHI News Opinion – October 21, 2024 Not much has changed in the 10 months since our USA TODAY Ohio network journalists exposed troubling problems
In Other Views: Ohio still failing juvenile prisoners Read More »
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,
Reports: Escalating violence, staff shortages continue to plague Ohio’s youth prisons Read More »
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
Spokane joins Washington’s 38 other counties in suing the state Read More »
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
May 24, 2024 A new report is sounding the alarm on Pennsylvania’s juvenile-detention capacity challenges, citing understaffing and long wait times for the young people
Report: PA in ‘crisis’ with shortage of juvenile detention beds Read More »
May 14, 2024 An increasing number of young people are ending up in North Carolina juvenile detention centers. The most recent data – from 2022
Education, skills and rehab focus easing burden on NC juvenile justice system Read More »
April 5, 2024 Self-harm, drugs and violent incidents have skyrocketed in some of New York’s locked juvenile facilities, a state auditor has found, conditions driven
The number of complaints for serious and violent crimes filed with juvenile justice is on the rise, state data shows. Over the last few months
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