It is increasing because the legal system lacks a commitment to diversion and healing and because of the inertia of the punishment-based model of justice.

For years, conditions at L.A. County's juvenile halls have been deteriorating in plain sight. But despite entering into a ...

Parker is the chairman of the council committee that provides oversight for the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Services ...

The goal of confidentiality laws is to protect justice-involved youth later in life — but advocates question whether the laws created to protect them should also hamstring investigations.

The number of Massachusetts youth held in juvenile detention has increased for the third consecutive year, disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic kids, according to a new state report.