IN-MATING: Security officer Antonio Collado (above) is blowing the whistle on a wild sex party at the upstate Goshen Secure Center for teens. Tom Nycz Photography ALBANY — A suspected prostitute and a ...

An ongoing discussion about the treatment of inmates at Florida juvenile detention facilities continued Thursday when a special committee met at the Marion County Sheriff's Office. Members heard about ...

Tracy Reed worried about her son for almost 700 days while he was incarcerated in Arkansas’ youth lockups after an arrest for burglary. The 15-year-old was transported from jail to jail. Guards placed ...

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MADISON, Wis. (CN) – A disabled teen who tried to kill herself in her juvenile jail cell exhibited myriad warning signs that staff ignored, she claims in the second federal lawsuit against Wisconsin’s ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Troubled city kids will be farther from their support networks when they land in jail, as the ...

At this point, Florida residents and taxpayers have to be asking what it will take for state prison officials to get rid of controversial for-profit prison operator Youth Services International. Yes, ...

A newly released state investigation finds staffing failures at the Wayne County juvenile jail from last spring when a 12-year-old boy said he was punched, stomped in the head and raped by other ...

Juveniles who are arrested in New York City over the weekend won’t have to wait until Monday for an arraignment under a change announced Monday that will keep low-risk teens out of dangerous jail ...

The one distinctive element of juvie drama Coldwater is its emphasis on emotional rather than physical trauma during its several prison torture scenes. The detention center’s officials — all ...

Anyone who's ever advocated throwing juvenile offenders in prison to teach them a lesson ought to meet some of the youths who are in detention now. I did recently in Missouri, and I am a little ...