“Blended sentencing,” which took effect at the start of the year, allows prosecutors to try some youth as “serious youth ...

Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services has proven incapable of tackling youth criminal recidivism, writes Armstrong ...

We need to hold multiple truths — that the detention of juveniles should be rare, and for those in the system, we need to ...

Superior Court Judge Miguel Espinoza is seemingly swayed by having no good alternatives for where the roughly 230 youths ...

It will likely take months for the judges to decide whether to suspend Grendell. In the meantime, he remains on the bench.

A Los Angeles County Superior Court judge has, once again, delayed ruling on whether to shut down Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, the county’s largest youth detention facility, as it continues to ...

A state board found last year that the county repeatedly failed to meet minimum staffing requirements at the facility.

As juvenile judge, Fore said she will prioritize rehabilitation and education for young people who need to be given skills to avoid repeat offenses, fairness and justice to families by examining ...

State authorities said this week that they were still finalizing a re-inspection of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey. A judge is waiting on those results before deciding whether Los Angeles ...

"We have received several responses," Kari Rumbaugh said. "More than we even imagined we would." ...

More than a month after the state ordered Los Angeles County’s sole juvenile hall shut down due to paltry staffing, a judge has once again spared the troubled facility from immediate closure.