Juvenile Detention

Tragedy and travesty
St. Petersburg Times - Look up the word 'travesty' in the dictionary and William Thornton IV should come to mind. justice officials - house arrest or a couple of years of juvenile detention. But Circuit Judge Ric Howard is partial to

Detention superintendent didn't ensure retarded boy's proper care
AP via Florida Times-Union - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - A juvenile detention center superintendent failed to tell guards how they should take care of a

Why Clark Married 15-Year-old
11 Alive - The 15-year-old Hall County boy who married his 37-year-old girlfriend a week ago didn't get out of juvenile detention on Thursday after all.

Powerful Voices becomes powerful ally for teenage girls
Seattle Post Intelligencer - and goal setting to girls 11-18 in juvenile detention. Julie Edsforth, executive director of this Seattle and programs for girls in juvenile detention -- are still the foundation of

Teacher lobs fraud charge at 27J
Fort Lupton Press - BRIGHTON - Bill Gotchey is prepared to exhaust all avenues fighting for students and taxpayers he believes were duped in a per-pupil funding scam at Brighton Heritage Academy. is a 27J staffer who teaches at the Adams County Juvenile Detention Center. He claimed that in the fall 2003, when he