PEPPER spray will be used on children as young as 15 in young offender institutions to curb a surge in violence. Specially ...

A 17-year-old Mount Clemens boy is being charged as an adult after authorities said he broke into a home last week and ...

Incarceration has lasting consequences. Many young people who have been incarcerated later struggle to achieve the basic ...

Lewis County files the vast majority of prison riot charges in the state, largely against young people incarcerated at the ...

Flagler County Sheriff Rick Staly said arrests of "gang wannabe juveniles" or young adults helped decrease violence in the county.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) — A 16-year-old indicted as an adult for a shooting that left another juvenile partially paralyzed ...

Prison officers in young offender institutions will start using pepper spray in a bid to combat soaring violence levels from ...

Both males and females who had been to prison fared worse than those who had only spent time in juvenile facilities or adult jails. "Incarceration isolates youth from their families and communities.

TEXARKANA, Ark. - Micah Holmes, charged with the murder of teen Kendrick Roquemore in Texarkana, has accepted a plea deal ...

Because of this decision, Michigan’s families are now less safe, and hundreds of crime victims will now have to relive their ...

More than 600 people who entered the system as children are now adults, making up nearly half the detainees across nine ...

At its core, HB 1815 draws a clear line between adult prisons and juvenile detention centers. It changes state law so that facilities run by the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF ...