Juvenile Detention

For child migrants, group homes serve as detention
journalnews.com - There were 1,188,997 apprehensions by the U.S. Border Patrol during the year ended Sept. 30. Of those, about 114,500 were children. More than 6,000 children were turned over to housing facilities. At airports and official entry points, more than 566

Teenage Groom's Bride Pleads Not Guilty
WSB-TV Atlanta - GAINESVILLE -- The 37-year-old woman who married her son's 15-year-old friend pleaded not guilty today to charges of statutory rape, child molestation and enticing a minor. Days before her arrest in November, Lisa Lynnette Clark wed the boy under a

Prosecutors Seek Prison for Teenage Killer
WINK TV - ALAMOGORDO, N.M. A teenager convicted of killing his family on newsman Sam Donaldson's ranch is a psychopath who cannot be rehabilitated, a prosecutor said Monday at the boy's sentencing hearing. "Unfortunately, there are some kids we can't fix, and

MySpace incident leads to teen's arrest
Summit Daily News - GOLDEN - A 16-year-old boy was arrested on weapons charges after he appeared in a photo on the iknternet site MySpace.com surrounded by nine rifles with the caption, "Angel o' death on wings o' lead," authorities said. The photo was not considered

Health Concerns At Juvenile Detention Center
WTVR-TV - Something is making the kids sick at a Chesterfield Juvenile Detention Center. The County Health Department is trying to figure out what it is after 35 children at the Bon Air Juvenile Detention Center became ill and being kept in isolation. It's

Program for jailed youth illegal
News-Press - Each district school board shall negotiate a cooperative agreement with the Department of Juvenile Justice on the delivery of educational services to youths under the jurisdiction of the Department of Juvenile Justice. Such agreement must include