The Tarrant County Juvenile Court building. Three contracts with a local nonprofit that helps at-risk Tarrant County kids ended Saturday, more than a week after the organization’s last failed plea to ...

The leader of Youth Advocate Programs Inc., which has provided services to children in the Tarrant County juvenile justice system, said he feels the county unfairly ended contracts with his ...

Maryland’s insistence on being out of step with the rest of the country is long overdue for course correction.

Punishment provides immediate, visible results, while empowering youth requires patience, understanding and time. But let’s be clear: punitive and exclusionary responses backfire, causing harm to ...

From its inception, King County’s juvenile diversion program, Restorative Community Pathways, was controversial — partly by its own words and strategies. In July, King County penned a $248,000 ...

At a town hall meeting in Las Cruces, Police Chief Jeremy Story presented last year's crime data and outlined priorities for ...

Bench Mark Program, a city-based mentoring program for at-risk youth, recently received the “Community-Based Program of the Year Award” from two juvenile justice organizations for its work within the ...

Fausto Lopez's journey to higher education took him from Riverside County juvenile facilities to a fire camp in Amador County ...

The west side of the Douglas County Courthouse, 1100 Massachusetts St. Douglas County commissioners on Wednesday will consider approving a grant application that would help fund services for youths in ...