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 ...

A deeply partisan bill that aims to roll back harsh “prison riot” charges against juvenile offenders has now passed both chambers of the Washington State Legislature. The Senate approved House Bill ...

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 ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – In decisions widely hailed as milestones, the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010 and 2012 acted to curtail the use of mandatory life sentences for juveniles, accepting the argument that ...

Last week, the New York Civil Liberties Union and Legal Services of Central New York filed suit against the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office in Syracuse for placing juveniles in solitary confinement.

Does sentencing a juvenile offender to life in prison violate the Constitution's prohibition on "cruel and unusual punishment"? The Supreme Court is set to consider that question. The court will hear ...

The state might be allowed to transfer young men convicted of crimes as teenagers to serve the end of their sentences in ...

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 ...

A bill proposing tougher jail sentences for Washington state’s young gun offenders has a major backer in the Seattle area’s top prosecutor. King County Prosecuting Attorney Leesa Manion on Wednesday ...