Harris County juvenile detention officers work in a difficult, sometimes violent, environment and were unfairly accused of detainee abuse at a state legislative hearing this week, a prosecutor who ...

Strickland Youth Center is known for serving at-risk youth and helping young people get back on track. It’s the staff who can have the biggest impact on changing the trajectory of a young person’s ...

In this June 2020 file photo, a group protests at the Tarrant County Juvenile Detention Center in Fort Worth over the detainment of multiple youth accused of involvement in a park shooting. A Tarrant ...

PHOENIX (KNXV) — Young people in juvenile detention are getting a chance at growth and redemption through music, thanks to an expanded partnership between Arizona State University and Maricopa ...

Pepper spray — also known as OC spray, because it’s derived from the chili-pepper extract oleoresin capsicum — is banned in ...

A Texas teenager is the prime suspect in the brutal slaying of his own father, who was found dead in his home earlier this ...

PHOENIX — A new partnership between Arizona State University and the Maricopa County Juvenile Detention Center aims to help at-risk youth develop valuable skills. Building on a guitar club that began ...

Kids at the Durango Juvenile Detention Center are getting the chance to learn how to play the guitar. It helps them take their minds off of what's going on and allows them to heal and have something ...

Police responded to the report of a possible threat on Saturday, Sept. 6, which resulted in the arrest of a juvenile for terrorizing.

A Lafourche Parish correctional officer was arrested Thursday after alleged sexual contact with a juvenile, according to the sheriff’s office. Luke Vizier, 26, of Cut Off, was booked into the ...

Her proposal follows the opening of a state investigation into possible civil rights abuses against youth in County custody.

A Tarrant County Juvenile Services officer was fired last month for improper conduct involving minor detainees at the Lynn W. Ross Detention Center, according to records obtained by the Star-Telegram.