The lawsuit, filed last week in federal court in Manhattan, claims that state officials use solitary confinement for minor ...

Children as young as 12 are allegedly confined for weeks at a time with no education or human contact, a lawsuit claims.

Government claims that outsourced criminal justice services are working well are routinely greeted with scepticism by frontline lawyers. Eduardo Reyes investigates.

Sibling sexual abuse forces parents to make an impossible choice: Do they forsake one child to protect the other?

A teenage boy begging for a dog, Riley McConnell made a pact with his parents. They’d buy him one – Zeus, a large Anatolian Shepherd and Black Mouth Cur mix – if he stayed sober. That was when Riley ...

A lawsuit alleges some youth in New York detention centers are held in solitary confinement for long periods of time in ...

Office of Children and Family Services facilities are violating state regulations governing the treatment of children in ...

Jessica Cook, a single mother from Charlottesville, did everything the court asked. Her life shows how fragile “success” can ...

The Augusta Juvenile Court received a grant of more than $1 million to prevent youth from joining gangs by addressing ...

As school arrests rise, a look at what happens inside Leon County juvenile court to get students back on track.

Sitting at Shoreline Diva Espresso, Imraan Siddiqi looked tired. Diva down? Not this diva, who wore a shirt with the words “I ...