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 ...

Dallas County announced the hiring of H. Lynn Hadnot in January as Executive Director of the Juvenile Department. He came from nearby Collin County to implement change.

Strickland Youth Center is known for serving at-risk youth and helping young people get back on track. It’s the staff who can ...

Juvenile detention numbers have had a slight increase now that school has started, with 22 in detention as of Tuesday, ...

After the Sept. 2 juvenile detention numbers showed a slight increase, the parish is continuing to monitor juvenile stats as ...

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

A Los Angeles County probation officer was arrested Tuesday afternoon on suspicion of smuggling drugs into a juvenile hall where a teen died of a drug overdose in 2023, prosecutors said. Michael Solis ...

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

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 ...