Juvenile Offenders
Juvenile offenders require specialized approaches within the correctional system to address their unique needs and promote rehabilitation. This directory offers articles and resources on managing and supporting juvenile offenders, including education programs, counseling, and legal considerations. Understanding the distinct challenges of working with juvenile offenders is essential for fostering positive outcomes and reducing recidivism. For related topics, explore our section on Youth Rehabilitation Programs.
About 250 filed officers were reassigned in March to understaffed juvenile halls in a successful effort to prevent the closure of the county’s two largest facilities
The Long Creek Youth Development Center is little more than half-staffed and nearly closed down in 2023, according to the Maine DOC
The inmates, ages 14 and 15, fled after they overpowered and took a Jenkins County deputy’s 45-automatic handgun and knocked him unconscious with it
To comply with the Prison Rape Elimination Act, we have to be more hands-on with juvenile offenders than ever before
Ruling came after a prosecution psychiatrist testified the boy would benefit most from treatment in the juvenile system
Juvenile justice advocates say 17 is too young; critics disagree
Reportedly attacked the deputy on Dec. 10 during “normal inmate movement”
The legislation includes four bills
Sheriff makes it a point not to send young offenders to the detention center for long periods of time
Sailfuture Odyssey will eventually be a five-month voyage for at-risk male teens stopping in eight different countries
George Stinney was arrested, convicted of murder in a one-day trial and executed in 1944
Will examine the case of a La. man who has been imprisoned since 1985 for accidental shooting of his best friend during a botched armed robbery
Public defender: “Doing as well as can be expected”
Unveiled new guidance aimed at improving the quality of education for roughly 60,000 confined juveniles
Something cannot come from nothing; is the way we’re treating juvenile offenders creating the larger problems we see in adult offender populations?
Mr Justice Coulson told Leeds Crown Court he increased the normal minimum tariff of 12 years because of the nature of the brutal attack
Civil liberties and children’s rights advocates have been highly critical of her confinement
Attorney Bernard Brown said that the boy’s family did not feel comfortable having him released into their care right now
State police have charged the boy with criminal homicide in the death of Helen Novak
A North Dakota mental health treatment center has received a national award for community-based facilities serving young people
Lawmakers will ask officials about conditions for juvenile inmates on Rikers Island
Cut off legs and arm of his girlfriend, and then wrapped the parts in clingfilm in a manner similar to the TV show
Prosecutor cautioned that NYC’s efforts to curb abuses of youth offenders at Rikers Island jail complex need to go further
16- and 17-year-old inmates will no longer be sent to solitary confinement for breaking rules
Four teenager inmates staged an escape attempt that included attacking two staff members
A 14-year-old boy who refused to leave bed and attend school was arrested
Across the nation, many juvenile offenders who committed even murder are now getting a second shot at sentencing
Probation Officer James Fister didn’t hesitate when the teenager collapsed in front of him, instantly beginning CPR
One judge took them seriously enough to have all inmates removed from the facility
Police arrested the teenager on suspicion of second-degree assault
Report’s release comes at a time when the center held more detainees than any month in 2 1/2 years
The department incorporated the Intensive Supervision Services as a part of the Division of Young Offender Parole and Reentry Services in 2011
Worked out plea deal to allow daughter’s killer to only spend a year in a juvenile delinquent center