A staff member at a juvenile detention facility in Lewis County has been arrested on allegations of sexual misconduct ...

A class action suit accuses Colorado of detaining children past release orders, citing a lack of community placements and ...

A second ex-corrections officer is charged with having sex with a Lake County juvenile inmate. Ariah Rivera, 22, of Hobart, was charged Tuesday with three counts of sexual misconduct and one ...

The federal class-action lawsuit claims that, for years, state officials have known that they're harming already vulnerable ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was a special night at the Durango Juvenile Detention Center Wednesday. Some of the inmates earned the privilege to have a ...

Carissa Wallace started working at the Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center in Golden two years ago because she felt strongly about helping rehabilitate young people convicted of crimes. She loved ...

The Clark County Council unanimously approved a request from the Department of Jail Services last week to extend its contract with medical vendor WellPath for two more years to provide health services ...

The Missouri House gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would change the classifications of and punishments for ...

The legislation would make it easier to try juveniles as adults and set strict requirements for how long inmates must be ...