The Youth Advocate Programs started in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and celebrated its 50th anniversary this year. More than 100 ...

Maine Inside Out will be performing Broken Clock at the University of Maine’s Emery Center on Wednesday, March 26, at 6:30pm. Broken Clock explores themes of incarceration, gun ...

The complaint further alleges that staff members were aware — and made jokes about the alleged abuse. According to the ...

Hayes, a former psychologist at the Brookwood Secure Center for Youth in Claverack, faces startling new allegations in a ...

Arlando “Tray” Jones is among thousands of people seeking accountability under a new state law that eliminated the statute of ...

After more than a decade of declining incarceration rates, prisons and jails across the U.S. are once again locking up more ...

Re: “WA lawmakers aim to relieve strained juvenile legal system” (March 17, Law & Justice): Washington state’s incarcerated youth are facing a mental health crisis that demands urgent attention.

While ideas diverge, lawmakers on both sides of the aisle appear to agree something needs to be done about overcrowding at ...

The Oregon Youth Authority is tasked with ensuring the welfare of children who are incarcerated. The lawsuit accuses Edward Gary Edwards, the main doctor at the MacLaren Youth Correctional ...

A group tackling mass incarceration in Maryland released recommendations Thursday and plans to produce a report by next month ...