Dozens of plaintiffs sued the state of Washington alleging that they were sexually abused while at its juvenile detention ...

After being repeatedly stonewalled for pivotal data on the toxins that hovered over lower Manhattan following the terror ...

Citing a period spanning more than six decades, nearly 200 people — all formerly incarcerated minors who stayed in a Washington juvenile detention center — came forward with a lawsuit against ...

Prosecutors have added new charges against a former employee at the Tulsa County Juvenile Detention Center. An affidavit said a new teenager has come forward with new charges of lewd molestation ...

The camp is run by Chicago Survivors, a group that reaches out to ... loved ones is “essential to the mourning process,” the Center for Loss and Bereavement says, by exploring what’s been ...

Photographer Richard Ross has documented the U.S. juvenile justice system for the better part of a decade, producing the books “Juvie Talk” and “Girls in Justice” based on his experiences ...

Lehigh County officials are debating the need for a new juvenile detention center after residents and advocates criticized how it could affect children in the region. The Lehigh County capital ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Young people are engaging their communities to prevent violence in a brand-new City of Chicago program. The youth Peacekeepers Program participants say they have made a difference ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Desoto County Sheriff says a 14-year-old managed to escape from their juvenile detention center during a disturbance Friday night. Sheriff Thomas Tuggle said around 6:45 p.m ...

The 20-year-old had never considered getting a college education when he entered the Cuyahoga County Juvenile Detention Center three years earlier. On Friday, he graduated with an Associate of ...

Victor Malavet, 62, is one of nine men charged in connection with the 5-year-old investigation into abuse allegations at the Sununu Youth Services Center in Manchester, though unlike the others ...

In some such cases, the settlement funds are the survivors’ sole ... Echo Glen Children’s Center, Maple Lane School, Naselle Youth Camp and other detention centers or group homes.