programs aim to rehabilitate rather than incarcerate In America's juvenile justice system, experts say girls, who make up a larger portion of incarcerated youth than in the past, have often been ...

Officials say not every young offender qualifies for pre-trial detention, and detention isn’t always effective.

Four California counties will soon be offering girls and young women in youth jails more community-based alternatives to being detained. The initiative follows a pilot in Santa Clara County, ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio – A committee tasked with recommending improvements to Cuyahoga County’s juvenile justice system is nearing the end of its year-long exploration and will soon share its findings.

But now she's worried. California’s juvenile justice system is at a crossroads. Its state-run youth prisons are shutting down in less than two years, and counties are now barred from sending any of ...