A judge denied Joseph McMeans Jr.'s motion for early release at a hearing on March 10, sending him to the Kentucky Department ...

When it comes to deciding whether violent juvenile offenders should finish their sentences in adult prison, Harris County ...

House Bill 422, called Logan’s Law, would lengthen prison sentences, narrow the criminal insanity defense and eliminate some ...

Colorado lawmakers are considering whether to carve a new path out of prison for some inmates who have served at least two ...

A Blair County judge ruled Friday that the Cambria County Prison is providing a juvenile with sufficient “sight and sound” housing away from adult inmates after the juvenile notified his attorney of ...

In a bloody year for Detroit, this triple homicide made the New York Times. Now the grandaughter of a victim wants the killer ...

The authors argue inconsistently applied rules leave both juveniles and adults without access to healing touch.

A state appellate court ruled that then-15-year-old Rafael Meraz should not have been tried and convicted as an adult for the ...

The United States remains the only country in the world that still permits children to be sentenced to life in prison.

Milwaukee County has put the finishing touches on a multi-million dollar youth facility at the Vel R. Phillips Youth and Family Justice Center.

At 16, Moses Mutel was drifting into crime. His time at Washington's toughest youth prison did little to turn things around.

The Senate passed a bill to try some juveniles as adults for felonies, share fingerprints in database, expand detention centers and set parole timelines.