Monitors with Disability Rights NC were so alarmed by what they found at a juvenile detention center in Madison County in ...

The Shelby County Youth Justice and Education Center in November 2025. Photo by Andrea Morales / MLK50 Advocates are asking for a citizen review board to ...

Jerri Green, Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and director of the Shelby County Department of Corrections Anthony Alexander ...

Five juvenile detention centers in North Carolina keep youth locked in cells nearly all day, according to a new report from ...

GALESBURG, Ill. — A federal judge has ordered sweeping changes at the Mary Davis Juvenile Detention Home in Galesburg after finding that isolation practices at the juvenile facility likely violated ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. A lawsuit filed by a handful of teens could reshape life for hundreds locked in North Carolina’s largest juvenile detention center. A ...

A yearlong review by Disability Rights NC found stark differences among facilities, with some teens locked in their cells more than 22 hours a day.

New York regulations generally restrict youth isolation and require additional approval when confinement extends beyond a day. A federal class-action lawsuit filed earlier this year alleges that a ...

Children at Shelby County’s juvenile detention center are allegedly held in solitary confinement for extended periods. Tennessee law prohibits holding children in seclusion for more than two ...

A juvenile detention facility in Knox County, Illinois, is closing indefinitely due to financial burdens. The Mary Davis Home was the subject of a federal lawsuit over its use of solitary confinement.

David spent eight months incarcerated at the Youth Justice and Education Center. (Center portrait by Kevin Wurm / MLK50 / CatchLight Local / Report for America; Image of the Shelby County Youth and ...

A photograph of a juvenile detention room provided by the North Carolina Division of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. NC Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention division Lawsuit seeks ...