The pair had the two highest portions of the vote, with Jenny Richardson Fore earning 42% and Jessica C. Ledet earning 31% of ...

After the recent stabbing incident at KISD, many are raising questions about how children face legal punishment.

Judges representing the Orleans Parish Juvenile Court system told city council members Monday (March 31) there soon will be ...

The Opportunity Center in southwest Houston is designed to help high school-aged students turn their lives around.

Three Republican women are vying for the 21st Judicial District Court juvenile judge spot to replace Judge Blair D. Edwards ...

A bill making its way through the state legislature would force Shelby County Juvenile Courts to use the hearing room within ...

Louisiana voters go to the polls today to consider substantially stiffening juvenile justice laws. The proposal, constitutional Amendment 3, would give state lawmakers new leeway to send teenagers to ...

A bill making its way through the Tennessee legislature, SB0718, is looking to force Juvenile Courts to use the one courtroom ...

When we ensure that children are ... connected to the resources they need, we are not just improving the law, we are changing ...

Amendment 3 proposes to grant Louisiana lawmakers the authority to expand the list of felonies that can send minors into adult courts. Currently limited to 16 serious offenses, the amendment could ...

the U.S. Justice Department's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention notes on its website that the juvenile court system also was established to provide positive social development ...

The five-month-old case involves a minor girl who went missing from her village on October 4 last last year. A 'missing person' report was initially filed, and after her return on October 8, gang ...