Punishment provides immediate, visible results, while empowering youth requires patience, understanding and time. But let’s be clear: punitive and exclusionary responses backfire, causing harm to ...

Gov. Mike Kehoe made juvenile justice reform a top priority, and Missouri lawmakers are taking action.

Former Judge Mark Ciavarella leaves the federal courthouse in Scranton after proceedings in his 2011 trial on corruption charges. It may seem like ancient history, but the “kids for cash” scandal that ...

National Consultation highlights the need for reform in juvenile justice, emphasizing rehabilitation and rights protection ...

Disclaimer: This research was funded in part by The Annie E. Casey Foundation and the R Street Institute. We thank them for their support; however, the findings and conclusions presented in this ...

Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — In less than two months, at least five juveniles escaped from North Carolina juvenile detention facilities. Those escapes are symptoms of what Wake County District Attorney ...

After a year of extensive examination, the Juvenile Justice Reform Collaborative, or JJRC, found that Guam's juvenile justice ...

Some youth in Guam’s juvenile justice system are being held confined longer than required, not because of new offenses or ...