Officers had allowed and in some cases encouraged fights between teens being held at a detention center in Downey, Calif., ...

Jefferson County Sheriff's Office investigators launched an investigation into an attempted act of contraband tranportation ...

After an attempt to sneak drugs into the Jefferson County jail was stopped over the weekend, officials are now sharing how they are working to stop the smuggling.

The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice fired Lexington facility’s top managers two years after complaints from female ...

At a Feb. 25 meeting, Fort Bend County commissioners approved a resolution to support legislation requesting funding from the ...

A lawsuit filed Tuesday against DJS alleges that a former employee sexually abused dozens of children at a facility in ...

Last month, the Beaumont Enterprise published compelling articles about juvenile crime by the exceptional journalist Kim ...

Leaders for the county near Houston said the vocational training center would be the first of its kind in Texas. They are ...

Jason Lanzo's resignation will take effect on March 14. Assistant superintendent Celeste Wainwright will serve as the acting superintendent.

Regarding the origins of the Minnie Rogers Juvenile Justice Center, long before two boys hanged themselves in the county jail in 1959 and ... Optimist Club member and Jefferson County Commissioner ...