Juvenile Justice

One of the world’s best-known social welfare organizations, UNICEF, released two reports to make the case for nations to stop incarcerating children.

Los Angeles County has averted the closure of its two juvenile halls, but must address new problems that surfaced in a recent inspection.

Families with children in the justice system have been spared financial hardship after local policy changes ended juvenile justice fees.

Youth Voice Contributor Shay House asks: How can we throw children away, isolate them in cells and call it justice?

Legal advocates for California’s juvenile justice-involved youth have filed a lawsuit against Fresno County for not welcoming public input in developing local plans for youth justice.

Police and private security have recently been posted outside Rochester City School District schools — an arrangement that could be extended pending a decision by school commissioners.

Some people who were sentenced for crimes they committed when they were very young can now ask a judge for a second chance of sorts under a new law in New York state.

A recent tragedy in Connecticut has helped to make the state's recent run of youth justice reform a hot-button issue at election time.

It is now illegal to place “shackles, handcuffs, irons and straitjackets” on children appearing before the New York family courts.