juvenile detention

The state recently proposed a new rule that would require the Board of Parole to “give great weight” to characteristics that might contribute to a youthful offense.

Five employees of New York City's child welfare agency allegedly smuggled razor blades, drugs and alcohol into a Brownsville facility in exchange for thousands of dollars in cash.

A state waiver allows the city to house them in makeshift "dorms" on the floors of classrooms.

The Administration for Children’s Services acknowledged that classrooms are among the spaces used at the detention centers when teens and young adults need to be separated from rivals.

One of the two tweens charged with tossing a shopping cart from the East Harlem Target has changed his tune.

The alleged victim. (WNBC) The two Staten Island children facing felony