Juvenile Offenders
The Juvenile Offenders topic page is a resource for corrections staff on dealing with juveniles, with news and information about everything from assaults at juvenile detention centers to juvenile justice reform.
Some of the proposed legislation would make all state prisoners serve 85% of their sentences before they’re eligible for early release as a reward for good behavior
Sheriff Michael Moore is advocating for a temporary solution due to his deputies spending up to 15 hours traveling as far as Tennessee to transport juvenile inmates from housing facilities to court
Board members declared both Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, open for less than a year, and the Barry J. Nidorf Secure Youth Treatment Facility to be “unsuitable” to continue housing youths
DCFS and Family Services allegedly wrongfully incarcerated children in juvenile detention after a court ordered them to be released to their guardian
Catherine Dutcher, 24, was fired from her job at a juvenile correctional center on the same day she was arrested
Trend of violence from some “significantly more violent” male teen offenders is made worse by severe staffing shortage
The Orange County Juvenile Hall has a new gym, auto shop and classrooms to reflect the incentive-based approach to teaching juvenile inmates coping skills and trade skills
The revised and updated standards are up-to-date with best practices and knowledge gained over last seven years
The justices declared Tennessee a “clear outlier” as the only U.S. state to require that juvenile homicide offenders serve more than 50 years in prison before they can be considered for parole
The order did not attempt to address crowding going forward, as the city and state continue to scramble for alternatives
Last summer, the unused building was opened to staff who were “commuting great distances” to sleep between shifts
The decree, which ordered the jail to improve its conditions, stemmed from a 2011 class action lawsuit
Pay supplements will also be offered to the youth specialists and corrections officers who work in the Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility housing units
Mediocre wages, grueling hours and difficult working conditions have made it hard for the state to hire and retain people
The move came as state officials were under growing pressure to do something after the latest in a series of escapes from the violence-plagued Bridge City Center for Youth
La. Gov. John Bel Edwards has called the plan a last-ditch solution to increasingly dire conditions within the state-run Bridge City facility
Thomas Lee Hicks, 30, faces a count of second-degree murder and child cruelty charges in connection with the Aug. 9 incident
In the “kids-for-cash” scandal, Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan shut down county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from co-owner of two for-profit lockups
Eden Hendrick is leading the troubled agency after two of her predecessors resigned following state audits that found major faults, from a “useless and ineffective” in-house police force to an inability to keep children safe
The Lowndes County Board of Commissioners accepted a grant awarded in the amount of $195,372 for programs and services that provide diversion for youthful offenders
1 escapee is charged with armed carjacking for shooting a 59 y.o. man and stealing his car
The CO was punched in the face during a de-escalation attempt and has not returned to work
D.A. Tony Clayton said the riot was just the latest in a string of issues involving teens at out-of-state facilities
The multi-agency resource center will be staffed by plain-clothed juvenile diversion officers
The JDAI program looks for alternatives for detaining juveniles
The temporary approval of such tactics is a sign of increasingly desperate conditions inside Louisiana’s aging and understaffed juvenile jails
Up to 50 SWAT officers were called in to control the situation at the Bridge City Center for Youth facility
Officials accused a security guard of helping them escape and driving them off the premises
Proponents hope the bill will crackdown on repeat offenders and reduce rising car thefts by juveniles
Ike Nicholas Souzer, who was taken back into custody Sunday, was released over objections from his family and the DA’s office
The Juvenile Justice Intervention Center is budgeted for 104 positions, of which 48 are currently vacant
To recruit staff, the center’s youth care workers need raises, officials said
The outburst is the latest in a string of cases where teens have taken control from staff at the 70-year-old center
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