OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state officials are seeking legislative authority to transfer certain juvenile offenders to adult prisons at younger ages than currently allowed, citing severe overcrowding ...

Those offenses, both high-level felonies, resulted in Mahoning County Juvenile Court Judge Theresa Dellick determining that Thomas met the criteria for a part of Ohio law that is meant to address the ...

When a teenager accused of a serious crime gets tried as an adult, the results are anything but predictable. A 14-year-old convicted in a robbery in which a man was brutally strangled gets sent to a ...

James Comer is greeted by friends and family upon his release from Northern State Prison in Newark on Oct. 17, 2025. (Photo by Steve Hockstein/HarvardStudio.com) A man whose criminal case helped ...

Last week, Maryland State Sen. William Smith visited a government-owned property in Prince George's County that dates back to the 19th century. On that property lies an overgrown cemetery, once part ...

For many, it was a surprise when a San Diego judge issued a ruling last week that could see the region’s most notorious school shooter freed from prison at age 39. But a series of laws and court ...

Janice Buttrum was 17 years old when she was arrested in September 1980 in Whitfield County, Georgia, for murdering a 19-year-old woman with her older abusive husband. Georgia author Jodi McDaniel ...

ABERDEEN — For the past few weeks, Kendrick Rochelle has been going to Washington’s overcrowded youth prison in Chehalis to build relationships with the young men held there. Rochelle is trying to ...

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – A man who was sentenced to life in prison for murder when he was 17 and later released is now suing the ...

The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) expressed concern Friday after visiting Peru, where it observed serious issues, such as prison overcrowding and lengthy pretrial detention. It ...

Ten years ago, I thought that my life was over before it had even started. Growing up in Kern County, I didn’t have a lot of guidance or positive mentorship in my life, and a lot of my early life ...