New York is 1 of only 2 states that sends 16- and 17-year-olds to adult prisons. Now that's about to change. Late last night, Republicans who control the New York state Senate approved reforms that ...

When a teenager accused of a serious crime gets tried as an adult, the results are anything but predictable. A 14-year-old convicted in a robbery in which a man was brutally strangled gets sent to a ...

Experts testifying before a Senate committee recommended bills that support diversion programs for juvenile offenders, which ...

Less than a year after a scathing report from the Department of Justice found that Texas juvenile prisons are rife with sexual and physical abuse, the state Legislature is considering sending more ...

Last week, Maryland State Sen. William Smith visited a government-owned property in Prince George's County that dates back to the 19th century. On that property lies an overgrown cemetery, once part ...

Janice Buttrum was 17 years old when she was arrested in September 1980 in Whitfield County, Georgia, for murdering a 19-year-old woman with her older abusive husband. Georgia author Jodi McDaniel ...

A sign and fence at the Green Hill School for juvenile offenders, in Chehalis, Washington. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard) Problems with ...

Supreme Court says life without parole unconstitutional for non-killer juvies. WASHINGTON, May 17, 2010— -- The Supreme Court ruled today that the 8th Amendment's ban on cruel and unusual ...

A sign and fence at the Green Hill School for juvenile offenders, in Chehalis, Washington. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard) The former head ...

Nearly three years after parents sued state officials over holding juveniles in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, a federal judge dismissed the class-action lawsuit. Brought by the parents of young ...