At times children in the SC agency’s custody have to sleep in plastic cots on the floor because of overcrowding.

St. Landry Parish President Jessie Bellard said the goal is to find a suitable location and begin construction this year.

Abuse allegations from boys once held at Cumberland County's Juvenile Detention Center are now are the basis of a lawsuit in ...

State police in Westmoreland County had to stop what they are calling a riot at a juvenile detention center over the weekend.

Young people have been chained to benches at police stations for hours as county officials try to find appropriate housing, ...

Police: State worker arrested for providing marijuana to youth housed at Goshen juvenile detention center A storm chaser and ...

The former superintendent of a Kentucky juvenile detention center that was the site of a riot resigned in December ...

The county expects to spend more than $12.5 million in mandatory overtime at the jail this year. The jail also needs over $4 ...

Despite a letter and paperwork to transfer oversight of the youth detention center from the sheriff to court, the transition ...

Blee found that Atlantic County’s juvenile detention woes required immediate relief. “The juveniles and law enforcement in Atlantic County cannot wait any longer for the determination on who ...

In November 2024, the former DYS director told News 5 that scaling down facilities was the first of 26 recommendations to improve safety and outcomes in the state’s juvenile justice system.“It’s ...

According to analysis of juvenile detention centers, youths were confined to rooms a total 119,300 hours in 2023-24.