juvenile detention

Hillcrest Youth Correctional Facility opened its doors in 1913. On Friday, the 104-year-old youth detention facility in Salem, Oregon, closed for…

Oregon lawmakers are considering a measure that would ban the use of solitary confinement in Oregon Youth Authority facilities. Leaders of the agency…

For the third time in less than a year, a Washington state employee has been accused of having sex with a juvenile offender. The most recent arrest…

Nationally, there’s a push to outlaw incarceration of students for skipping school and other non-criminal behavior and use alternatives.But some judges…

Skipping school is not a crime in Washington state, but it can still land a student behind bars.Juvenile courts in Washington lead the nation in locking…