Tennessee officials say they need more high-security facilities for kids who commit crimes. Experts say this approach flies in the face of crime data and research that shows youth prisons are not ...

The opening brings the state one step closer to removing young people from Lincoln Hills School north of Wausau.

INCARCERATION NATION In her new book ‘In Our Future We Are Free: The Dismantling of the Youth Prison,’ Albany-based author Nell Bernstein offers hope and inspiration. (Photo courtesy of The New Press) ...

Ohio should stop sending nonviolent first-time offenders and children under age 14 to the state's youth prisons and give juvenile court judges more discretion on how to handle kids caught with guns, a ...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers discusses the new youth prison on Milwaukee's northwest side.

Recent reporting about kids harming themselves in Texas’ youth prisons and about how understaffing hampered interventions show why the state Legislature should consider stronger measures to boost ...

Young people from the Milwaukee area who are in Wisconsin’s juvenile justice system are expected to move next month into the ...

A new 32-bed facility built to replace Wisconsin's troubled Lincoln Hills and Copper Lake youth prisons is set to start ...

Youth at the only juvenile prison in Central Illinois say its bright atmosphere and green space make a big difference in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountain View Academy in Dandridge, Tennessee - Stacy Kranitz for ProPublica Across the country, states have been shuttering their ...