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.
The agreement said if space becomes needed at the Youth Detention Center for a Baltimore City minor, staff from the Towson adult jail will pick up the Baltimore County detainee housed there within hours and bring the minor back to Towson
That turmoil reached a fever pitch last summer when a SWAT team had to intervene after 20 youths took over parts of the Bridge City Center for Youth, the same day five juveniles escaped from that facility by cutting a hole in the floor
Video shows the 17-year-old suspect shooting at windows inside the Sangamon County Juvenile Detention Facility while holding a juvenile resident hostage
A federal court in Michigan will soon rule on the constitutionality of automatic, no-appeal life sentences given to 13 people over the last few decades
Helps them reintegrate into society upon release
Agency leaders defended their record, particularly about the level of violence, but admitted changes were needed to ensure the facility was sufficiently staffed
Developer admitted paying $2.1M to two former judges who conspired to place juveniles in two for-profit detention centers built by his construction firm
Defendants 14 or younger would serve at least 20 years for second-degree convictions and 25 years for first-degree convictions
Report showed a 60 percent decrease, partly from using electronic monitoring and reporting mandates
The attack last Thursday afternoon was captured on surveillance video
Longer spans of solitary confinement can cause serious psychological and physical harm to young people, including heightened risk of suicide
Last year, the John Howard Association criticized the facility for not having the beds available for youth on suicide watch two years after a 16-year-old committed suicide at the youth prison
The Sentencing Project, an advocacy group based in Washington, has said Pennsylvania leads the nation in the number of juvenile lifers
Officer has been suspended after his arrest for allegedly assaulting a neighbor and a 13-year-old boy
Officials call teen rape suspect the exception
The high court threw out the ability to send children to prison for life with no chance of ever getting out
State efforts to close down Taft Youth Development Center and transfer some of Tennessee’s toughest teen offenders to other state facilities are creating a flow of delinquents into some county lockups
Supreme Court to rule if juveniles can be sent away to die in prison
The men, between the ages of 18 and 22, were arrested when they were minors and became adults while being detained at the center
Report says juveniles were subjected to sexual misconduct and other abuses at a privately run prison
Officials debate whether teenagers convicted of killing someone may be locked up for life with no chance of parole
Mother says principal claimed the boy inappropriately touched another student when the boys were just roughhousing
Boy was just 11 when he was charged with killing his father’s pregnant fiancee with a shotgun
State laws severely limited the number of inmates the Ventura Youth Correctional Facility in Camarillo was able to provide to the local fire training camp
More juveniles could be charged as adults, efforts to rehabilitate youth offenders who commit less serious crimes could be hurt, and the realignment of the adult criminal justice system could be derailed
Security staff and those required to use a radio must now wear an earpiece so inmates can’t overhear conversations among employees
A thief who gained international notoriety was sentenced for a 2-year spree of crimes
Teen was sent to a juvenile detention
The boy’s parents brought him to the sheriff’s office last week after authorities released a security camera photo of the suspect
Throughout the criminal justice system, we have suffered for decades from a lock-'em-up mentality that has failed to deliver the safety dividend we thought we would get
63 inmates were involved in the fracas, which was contained to a dormitory area at the facility
19 troublemakers were responsible for 79 injuries to other youths and 102 injuries to staff members
The decision came in the case against Kenneth Loggins, who was convicted in Alabama of killing a hitchhiker in 1994 and originally sentenced to die
