juvenile detention centers

A new study finds teens who are locked up in juvenile detention facilities tend to have worse outcomes later in life than those who avoid incarceration for the same types of offenses.

A new report finds the number of teenagers being sent to juvenile detention facilities both in New Jersey and across the country has dropped significantly in recent years, but youth of color are a lot more likely to be locked up than their white counterparts.

New Jersey's juvenile justice system has been quietly modified over the past few years, with dramatically successful results.

How good is New Jersey’s Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)? Top officials in Washington State sure think it is very successful.

New Jersey's American Civil Liberty Union and other groups are meeting with state officials to seek limiting solitary confinement of juveniles held in state custody.