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HARRISBURG, Pa. — Democratic lawmakers in Harrisburg introduced legislation aimed at reforming Pennsylvania's juvenile justice system. Six representatives hosted a press conference at the ...

Former Gov. Tom Wolf created a child advocate role in 2019 to prevent abuse in state facilities, but its lack of legal ...

The center will be located in the renovated former Berks County Youth Detention Center on County Welfare Road, in Bern ...

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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Los Angeles County has reached a $4 billion agreement to settle nearly 7,000 claims of sexual abuse in juvenile facilities since 1959, officials said Friday. The agreement, ...

(Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) While in prison, Saldívar — a former nurse — obtained her paralegal and associate degree in criminal justice and has filed several civil rights complaints ...

A young person accused of criminal behavior needs to be held accountable. But justice should come as swiftly as possible — ...

But the allegations of running down and killing a person were on another level, one seldom dealt with in New Mexico’s juvenile justice system. The 11-year-old and the other boys in the car ...