A Los Angeles County judge took a major step toward shutting down Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey, months after a state ...

Superior Court Judge Michael Espinoza ordered on Friday that the county is to come up with a plan to relocate detained youth ...

Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) has issued a report on the U.S. Supreme Court decision that ultimately ended the ...

Los Padrinos holds more than 270 youths, of which about three-quarters are accused of violent crimes, according to the ...

In her role, Shute oversees the county’s juvenile justice system, including managing the juvenile court system and a ...

The Colorado Supreme Court, by 5-2, ruled on Monday that the state may rely upon its evaluation of a juvenile defendant who ...

Court documents show a 16-year-old made an “arrangement to engage in a sex act” with a 13-year-old and to occur “as a ...

Voters in Louisiana rejected a constitutional amendment calling for juvenile prosecution. A Louisiana Senator has drafted ...

A federal appeals court Tuesday rejected a constitutional challenge to the state’s parole system by inmates who were sent to prison decades ago for crimes they committed as juveniles.

A Milwaukee teen charged with raping a 53-year-old woman will be tried in adult court, a judge ruled on April 17.

An accused killer, who has already established along criminal history at age 15, was before a judge Friday in juvenile court ...

An attorney for Nicholas Flannery says his infant son's injuries were caused by a chronic medical issue, not abuse.