Attorney Lashandra Peoples-Johnson provided an overview of how the justice system addresses crimes committed by minors in Oklahoma, outlining classifications, court processes, and potential outcomes.

The Impact of Adolescent Developmental & Brain Research on Juvenile Justice Reform. Major findings in developmental neuroscience over the past couple of decades have shed new light on our ...

Teenagers in North Carolina’s juvenile justice system are routinely being locked alone in their rooms for as much as 23 to 24 hours a day, according to an ongoing federal lawsuit and advocates for ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE)—Proponents of juvenile justice reform met with youth and their families to discuss recent changes to state law regarding juvenile offenders and decry what they view as the rolling ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Gov. Jeff Landry's administration plans to replace the Jetson Center for Youth in Baker, pictured above. The juvenile justice ...

While our great state of Texas has made some remarkable reforms to the juvenile justice system, that progress has stalled over the last decade. The closure of nine youth prisons − the last of which ...

In town halls and in conversations with community associations across Maryland over the past two years, citizens have expressed concern with the state of our juvenile justice system. Maryland ...

It has been 127 years since the creation of the first juvenile court, based on the straightforward concept that youth are not miniature adults and have a capable growth mindset. While the ideals of ...

Two recent cases involving Tennessee children with autism illustrate the harsh, complex realities they face in the juvenile justice system. Parents, advocates and experts weighed in on what it's like ...