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 ...

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

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.

Leaders in Cameron County are calling on state lawmakers to update Texas’s juvenile criminal code. District Attorney Luis V. Saenz says the law is outdated ...

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

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

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 ...

According to investigators, several inmates had coordinated an attempt to take control of the facility by assaulting guards.

A Lynchburg Student has been arrested and charged with possession of a firearm on school property after LPD investigated an ...