A former S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice officer who used excessive force against juvenile inmates will spend a year in federal prison for civil rights violations. Nicole Jenice Samples, 36, of ...

The nation's juvenile detention centers are largely ill-equipped to handle transgender teens, leaving them vulnerable to bullying, sexual assault, depression and suicide, advocates say. Young ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UPDATE (11/26): The Smith County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that additional juveniles may also face charges at this time. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Eight former inmates of Clark County Juvenile Justice Center, now called the Robert L. Harris Juvenile ...

Julio Marcial was years deep into work on juvenile-justice issues in 2011 when a colleague urged him to meet a Hollywood hotshot who was helping people locked up young in California’s densely ...