Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Juvenile detention centers have changed a lot in 30 years, even if the buildings don’t reflect it. These days Benton County’s ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — The conclusion of a 5-year-old legal case is changing the way juvenile justice is delivered in Charleston County. Accusations of years of abuse by kids and teens inside the ...

Students at the Sheboygan County Juvenile Detention Center painted a mural as part of Sheboygan Visual Artists' Kaleidoscope program.

A new federal lawsuit is accusing New York state of unlawfully placing children in solitary confinement and denying them basic services inside juvenile detention facilities, including Goshen youth ...

Mecklenburg County sent the second-highest number of young people into North Carolina’s detention system last year — yet it has no juvenile detention center. In 2025, 2,186 people were admitted to ...

$21M juvenile center renovation reconfigures pods, classrooms and security. Staff shift roles from guards to coaches and adds life skills programs. Renovation keeps 40-bed capacity while adding light, ...