A lawsuit has been filed against Snohomish County, alleging widespread child sexual abuse at two juvenile detention centers in Everett.The legal action, initia ...

Knox County commissioners wanted to spend more time figuring out what's best for the Richard L. Bean center after a rough few ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

A board overseeing the troubled Knox County juvenile detention center is asking for a six-month extension on its oversight. The center's longtime superintendent was forced out in May after firing a ...

Major changes are on the way to Allegheny County’s juvenile detention center. The Shuman Center closed back in 2021 after the state revoked its license. It reopened in 2024 under a new name and with a ...

The Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center on Spurr Road in Lexington. Reggie Beehner A lieutenant at the Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center is being punished by her bosses for exposing ...

CHARLOTTE — Nearly three years after Sheriff Garry McFadden closed Mecklenburg County’s only juvenile detention center, there is still hope among some in the criminal justice system for its reopening, ...

CHARLOTTE — Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said the state’s request to reopen the juvenile detention center is unrealistic. Jail North closed in 2022 due to budget reasons. McFadden said ...

At least 15 children incarcerated at the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center were groomed and sexually abused by guards at the facility over the span of three decades, according to a complaint ...

SPOKANE, Wash - A new lawsuit filed in Spokane County Superior Court alleges decades of abuse at the juvenile detention center, starting in the 1980s and extending to 2010. The suit was filed Friday ...

SPOKANE, Wash. – Fifteen Washington residents who were previously incarcerated at the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center testified that they were sexually abused by detention center guards in a ...