Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

Maryland’s automatic charging laws are among the nation’s strictest. The state automatically charges 16- and 17-year-olds as ...

County Commissioner Larsen Jay's proposal aims to turn the facility's focus to equipping kids to be successful contributors ...

New legislation aims to standardize when juveniles are detained, give prosecutors the ability to charge juveniles as an adult ...

At a town hall meeting in Las Cruces, Police Chief Jeremy Story presented last year's crime data and outlined priorities for ...

Illinois is raising the minimum juvenile detention age to 12 this year and 13 in 2027, prioritizing rehabilitation.

The Department of Youth Affairs is sounding the alarm on a major gap in Guam’s juvenile justice system that has some kids ...

Advocates have pushed for the detention center to reopen since it was closed in 2022. Despite broad agreement that a local facility would be beneficial, staffing challenges are the main barrier.