Juvenile Corrections in the News

Arson was the cause of a fire in Seattle's Wallingford neighborhood Friday morning, the Seattle Fire Department said Saturday, and damage...

11-Year-Old Girl Sexually Assaulted by Teen Intruder 
TOLEDO -- A Toledo teen is locked up in the juvenile jail, accused of committing several crimes in the middle of the night. Police say the 16-year-old boy broke into a home in the 700 block of Amelia Street and tried to rape a young girl.

Meerut HIV patient battles hospital apathy 
Meerut, (ANI): When misery comes, it strikes from all directions. An adolescent, reluctant to reveal his identity and suffering from the deadly HIV, says he feels trapped inside the Meerut Medical College Hospital.

HIV positive boy tied to bedpost 
A 12-year old boy had been tied to his bedpost at the Meerut Medical College after being tested HIV positive. He had been sent to a juvenile jail in Meerut in April after committing a robbery. But he was tested HIV positive last week.

New Orleans police say they're becoming overwhelmed by juvenile crime. Not because the number of offenders is on the rise but because there's no place to house them.

Greensboro News Record, NC - Jul 21, 2006... a neighbor. On the other hand, it makes sense for the state to pursue sites it already owns for its new juvenile centers. If officials ...

Potentialethical dilemma for Perzel
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jul 24, 2006He is on the board of a prison firm bidding to take over a rival that contracts with the state to run juvenile centers. By Mario F. Cattabiani. ...

Belleville News-Democrat, IL - 5 hours agoCHICAGO - A former state corrections official appointed to oversee changes at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center says the facility's staff is ...

Martin sheriff wants to turn old boot camp into offices
TCPalm, FL - 9 hours ago... may try to find another use for the buildings, such as a juvenile detention center. ... said the sheriff showed the need to hire 10 new corrections deputies for a ...

Nevada woman has 1987 conviction set aside
Fremont Tribune, NE - 22 hours ago... a 90-day mental evaluation at the Nebraska Department of Corrections Diagnostic and ... He also is accused of giving juvenile male employees money for gas after ...

Woman faces time in mental health facility
The Register-Mail, IL - 1 hour ago... Windsor woman faces up to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections after pleading ... 26, 2005, incidents involving a male juvenile under the age of 18 ...

Guard accused of having sex with juvenile inmates
Seattle Times, United States - 10 hours agoA King County juvenile corrections officer was charged Tuesday with four counts of custodial misconduct for allegedly bribing two teenage boys with food, candy ...

NBC 11.com, CA - 21 hours ago... use of million in new state funds targeted to probation (Juvenile Justice Crime ... in a series of reports on the deplorable conditions in state corrections system ...

City Court of Gary, Indiana Presents Outcomes Data on Offenders ...
Genetic Engineering News (press release), NY - 7 hours ago... United States, its territories and Canada who are actively involved with probation, parole and community-based corrections, in both adult and juvenile sectors. ...

GOP Protection Racket
TomPaine.com, D.C. - 4 hours ago... The private prison giant Corrections Corporation of America gives 87 percent of its ... commit more crimes upon release than matched kids who stay in juvenile court ...

Now it's the state's turn to unmask what really goes on behind the walls at the Evins Regional Juvenile Center in Edinburg. "We have some serious problems."

Teens to fight extradition 
Two Grain Valley teenagers will fight extradition to Missouri, setting up an Aug. 23 hearing to determine when they might face murder charges in the slaying of Pamela Marquez.

Detroit Free Press, United States - 21 hours ago... The state's juvenile detention system has about 1,500 youths in its custody, both in its own facilities and in private centers. ...

Wanted Missouri teens arrested in Colorado
9NEWS.com, CO - Jul 18, 2006... Wheatridge Police. Police say they were arrested without incident and taken to Mt. View Juvenile Detention Faciilty. The boys had ...

It's your business
Topeka Capital Journal (subscription), KS - Jul 22, 2006... Michael Hogg has been named Employee of the Quarter at the Juvenile Detention Center of the Shawnee County Department of Corrections. ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil (Reuters) - Vila Brasilandia, an poor, remote neighborhood in Sao Paulo, has been gripped by World Cup fever.

16-year-old girl wanted in church arson case 
KVUE News learned late Friday an arrest warrant has been issued for a 16-year old girl in connection with an arson case at a church in south Travis County.

Greensboro News Record, NC - Jul 21, 2006... a neighbor. On the other hand, it makes sense for the state to pursue sites it already owns for its new juvenile centers. If officials ...