In the wake of a botched car theft that left a 9-year-old with a gunshot wound to the chest, attention is again back on ...

James Forman Jr. is a professor of law at Yale University and a former public defender. He is the author of “Locking Up Our ...

What is the state of juvenile delinquency in Maryland and perhaps more importantly, how should one gauge the success (or lack thereof) of efforts to reduce it? While many progressives including ...

Maryland Senate discussions around legislation to stop automatically charging minors as adults for certain crimes Wednesday ...

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Bernalillo County District Attorney Sam Bregman has been loudly pushing for harsher punishments for juvenile offenders.

Amid persisting concerns about juvenile crime, state Sen. Joanne Benson introduced the Parental Accountability Act, a bill ...

With one week down in the legislative session, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is defining her priorities on New Mexico’s ...

Bernalillo County's juvenile detention center is facing maximum capacity. Tara Marcantel, the director of the Bernalillo County Youth Service Center, said 68 out of 78 beds are filled. District ...

A bill sponsored by Senator Kristin Corrado (R-40) to change how juvenile delinquency cases are handled in New Jersey has passed the state ...

BERNALILLO COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER IS GETTING CLOSE TO MAX CAPACITY, AND IT’S HAPPENING AS OFFICIALS TRY TO ADDRESS TEEN CRIME IN THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION. REPORTER ALYSSA MUNOZ IS LIVE ...