OLYMPIA — Under a new bill passed by the Washington State Senate, youth in juvenile detention centers would no longer be handed prison riot charges after altercations. The Senate describes House Bill ...
The teen charged in the death of a Lincoln Hills counselor is trying to get his case moved from adult to juvenile court ...
A federal judge has rejected Republican legislators' calls to give counselors at Wisconsin's troubled youth prison more leeway in controlling and punishing inmates after a counselor was killed during ...
INCARCERATION NATION In her new book ‘In Our Future We Are Free: The Dismantling of the Youth Prison,’ Albany-based author Nell Bernstein offers hope and inspiration. (Photo courtesy of The New Press) ...
Prisoners without pillows, sightings of rodents and bugs, cell temperatures over 90 degrees in the summer and meals served without drinks. And the kitchen where inmate meals are prepared at Garden ...
Before an Elgin ISD teacher was arrested and accused of sexual misconduct, he was barred from working at a Texas youth prison ...
A series of headlines has brought bad news about the management of Oregon’s Department of Corrections and Oregon Youth Authority to public attention. Numerous leadership changes have also resulted at ...
An investigation into Ohio's juvenile detention centers and youth prisons won the prestigious Scripps Howard Journalism Award for Local/Regional Investigative Reporting on Sunday. The eight-month ...