Pennsylvania’s foster care and juvenile justice systems leave a lot of kids with scars, said Bree Hood. Hood was abused by a ...

Legislation aimed at granting concurrent federal and state jurisdiction for juvenile cases on military installations in ...

Maryland lawmakers passed a measure Saturday to try to limit future liabilities from claims of sexual abuse at state and private institutions after thousands of people ...

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Almost 600 children in Pennsylvania, many fleeing abuse or persecution, are being forced to navigate the immigration court system without legal representation, according to immigrant advocacy groups.

Allegations of sexual abuse at juvenile facilities across PA have prompted over 200 lawsuits, according to Jerome Block of ...

A juvenile, who police allege bragged about his involvement, is charged as an adult for a brutal assault in Penn Township last year, records showed.

Residents who would like to volunteer must be able to commit to the program for at least one year and, among other things, ...

Members of the Colorado Supreme Court heard on Wednesday that a long-running group effort to revise the rules of juvenile ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in New Mexico’s largest city, ...