The U.S. Supreme Court in 2005 banned the death penalty for offenders who committed their crimes as a juvenile, and in 2010 the court banned life in prison without parole for all juvenile ...

A commission has recommended grants be awarded to several juvenile jails, including one in East Baton Rouge Parish and one in ...

A group of parishes along the Mississippi River is seeking more than $36 million in state funds to create a juvenile jail on ...

Currently, there are 11 such facilities in the state, but none located in Cuyahoga County, which sends more youth to juvenile prison and the adult system than any other county, as highlighted in ...