Juvenile corrections
A New Hampshire judge says details of the criminal investigation into abuse at the state’s youth detention center must be shared with attorneys for former residents who have sued the state.
Six teenagers on a private South Dakota baseball team are facing second-degree rape charges for assaults that allegedly occurred at a June tournament.
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Key members of Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration on Tuesday urged lawmakers to pump more money into Kentucky’s troubled juvenile detention system to shore up staffing and security.
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A former officer at a juvenile correctional center in Topeka is accused of having sexual relations with a teenager at the center.
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Doug Ducey has appointed a new leader for Arizona’s juvenile corrections agency.
BON AIR, Va. (AP) — Coronavirus has erupted inside a juvenile detention center in Virginia with 25 kids testing positive, accounting for a quarter of all cases reported at youth facilities nationwide, officials said Friday.
Police searching for juvenile who escaped from Highland Hills detention center
HIGHLAND HILLS, Ohio — City and state police are searching for one of two juveniles who scaled a barb wire fence and escaped from a local detention center early Tuesday morning, officials said.
HIGHLAND HILLS, Ohio — City and state police are searching for one of two juveniles who scaled a barb wire fence and escaped from a local detention center early Tuesday morning, officials said.
MUSCODA — Gov. Scott Walker said Monday the state Senate should take up a bill next week to overhaul the state’s juvenile corrections system in spite of serious doubts cast by the Senate leader about the bill’s future.
The Senate’s leader is raising doubts about a plan to close the state’s troubled youth prison by 2020 and put state and county officials in charge of new facilities throughout the state, saying it may not be doable this session.