Officials confirm ICE is using the Abraxas juvenile detention facility run by the Department of Human Services to house ...

Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

Maryland’s automatic charging laws are among the nation’s strictest. The state automatically charges 16- and 17-year-olds as ...

New legislation aims to standardize when juveniles are detained, give prosecutors the ability to charge juveniles as an adult, and hold parents accountable.

The program's founder Pastor Jason David uses biblical stories that involve crime to show tools for better social and ...

Illinois is raising the minimum juvenile detention age to 12 this year and 13 in 2027, prioritizing rehabilitation.

The class action suit claims five facilities under the State Office of Children and Family Services “routinely and unlawfully ...

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.

The Boone County prosecuting attorney said the bills would make it easier to charge parents criminally and make juvenile ...