After reports of rampant abuse in youth prisons, lawmakers want more kids in adult prisons and seek to restrict watchdog ...

A Texas Senate bill under consideration would lower the current age from 16 for juveniles already in the system and commit a ...

A former juvenile correction officer was arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a teenager in custody at a Texas detention center, according to the state. The Texas Juvenile Justice Department ...

center on allegations of abuse at over a dozen state-run juvenile detention centers, including the Charles H. Hickey, Jr. School, Cheltenham Youth Detention Center, and Thomas J.S. Waxter Children ...

It’s difficult to know which ICE detention centers are at ... verbal and physical abuse by guards and improper use of solitary confinement. At Prairieland in Texas, where Platt was detained ...

or permitted their sexual abuse." A spokesperson for the Department of Adult and Juvenile Detention released the following statement on behalf of King County: "We will be thoroughly investigating ...

A third bond measure, which included $55 million for a juvenile ... in Texas county jails — said that although the organization does not typically speak on juvenile detention centers, it ...