In 2021, Delaware County’s detention center was vacated following explosive allegations of “physical, sexual, and psychological abuse by staff.” FILE - The exterior of Delaware County Juvenile ...

My friends suggested it out of curiosity, and I stole from an unmanned store. I ended up here at the juvenile detention ...

Lehigh County officials are poised to accept a plan to send children involved in the juvenile justice system to Bern Township in Berks County for incarceration. A one-sided presentation from Berks ...

A 17-year-old girl attempted to escape a juvenile detention center in Tippecanoe County on Tuesday evening. The teen pulled a fire alarm as a distraction and bodychecked a probation officer during the ...

Lehigh County will enter a 20-year agreement with four other counties to create a regional juvenile detention center in Berks County. County commissioners voted 6-3 in favor of the initiative ...

The closed Delaware County Juvenile Detention Center flooded with water, causing the water to be shut off to the adjacent 911 Center for 24 hours, county officials said Wednesday night. On Tuesday, ...

Across the country, teenagers with mental-health issues who need placement in secure residential treatment facilities are instead being held in juvenile detention because no treatment beds are ...

SCRANTON — Officials touted Tuesday a juvenile detention partnership between Lackawanna and three other counties as the best and most cost-effective option available to address a “crisis” marked by a ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – The Lehigh County Board of Commissioners on Wednesday approved an ordinance authorizing a regional partnership for a juvenile detention center. The 6-3 vote came after hours of debate ...

The Connecticut State Capitol building in Hartford. Tolland town officials plan to further evaluate a new juvenile detention center that the state has planned to build in the town. Photo courtesy of ...