Kentucky centers reported chronic understaffing through 2025, hindering operations. Staff shortages forced overtime, role shifting and routine PREA noncompliance. Lawmakers debate new beds versus ...

Investigators found staff at Kentucky juvenile centers falsified observation logs. Security video and interviews show youths were not checked while in their cells. DJJ plans new tech for bed checks, ...

Workgroup recommends youth cases start in juvenile court 85% of minors auto-charged as adults return to juvenile court or are dismissed Proposed reforms aim to reduce youth detention in adult jails ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juvenile detention centers have changed a lot in 30 years, even if the buildings don’t reflect it. These days Benton County’s ...

SCRANTON — Officials touted Tuesday a juvenile detention partnership between Lackawanna and three other counties as the best and most cost-effective option available to address a “crisis” marked by a ...

More than a decade ago, I walked into the Challenger Memorial Youth Center in Los Angeles County to gather data for a lawsuit related to their “failure to provide an adequate education to detained ...

Nearly all of Kentucky's eight state-run juvenile detention centers struggled through 2025 without enough staff, a problem that has undermined the correctional facilities for years, according to ...