Juvenile Corrections in the News

Jailed Students Free To Study

Tampa Tribune, FL - Dec 26, 2006... certification. Three of the locations, including Columbus, have vocational programs - as do only 34 of 159 juvenile centers statewide. ... read entire article...

Rapid City Journal, SD - Dec 26, 2006By Joe Kafka, AP Writer. PIERRE - Changes will be made in the state juvenile-corrections system that will get kids back home sooner ... read entire article...

Washington Post, United States - 7 hours ago... Oak Hill Youth Center -- the District's juvenile detention facility -- long regarded as one of the most dangerous and decrepit juvenile centers in the United ... read entire article...

Huntington Herald Dispatch, WV - 4 hours ago... "I just like to learn better how to explain things to kids." The retired Ohio River Valley Juvenile Corrections Officer also regularly attends Mount Olive ... read rest...

Asbury Park Press, NJ - 4 hours ago... That draws praise from customers such as Iorio, a 28-year-old juvenile corrections officer who picked up the hobby when he was 8. "Guys like Neil make it still ... read rest...

Police arrest two in focus on gang 

Tacoma police arrested two teens, confiscated two guns and searched four homes Wednesday as part of an investigation into a new gang in the southern part of the city. rest of article...

Web Update: 5:30 p.m.NASHUA -- Jennifer Malone was convicted Wednesday of kidnapping her teenage lover when the two ran away on a cross-country romp in June. Malone, then 32, drove away with 16-year-old Christopher Cole and her 8-year-old son. ... - By ANDREW WOLFE Telegraph Staff rest of article...

Community leaders gathered Tuesday on the spot where a 13-year-old boy was shot walking home from a high school football game last month. They met to unveil a new book aimed at stopping such violence. rest of article...

CLOVERDALE, Calif. The California Highway Patrol says a 12-year-old boy who fled a boarding school for troubled youth was arrested in Cloverdale after leading police on a 30-mile chase in a stolen truck. rest of article...

Fewer kids committing crime, admissions drop at Juvenile Hall ...

Inside Bay Area, CA - Dec 22, 2006... "No matter what they've done, they're still human beings.". This year's trip to juvenile hall in San Jose is special. It will be Wallau's last. ...
Source: www.insidebayarea.com

Teen suspects arrested in tire-slashing cases
TheReporter.com, CA - Dec 21, 2006The boys, 14- and 15-year-old Fairfield residents, were booked into juvenile hall on suspicion of felony vandalism and conspiracy. ...
Source: www.thereporter.com

Four arrested in foiled Watsonville carjacking
Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA - Dec 24, 2006... The adult suspect, Henry Fuentes, 18, of Watsonville was booked at Santa Cruz County Jail. The three juvenile suspects were booked at Santa Cruz Juvenile Hall. ...
Source: www.santacruzsentinel.com

McClathcy student arrested after being pepper-sprayed
Sacramento Bee,  USA - Dec 21, 2006... By Thursday night, the boy was being held at juvenile hall, police said, on suspicion of resisting arrest and causing a disturbance on a school campus. ...
Source: www.sacbee.com

17-year-old arrested in fatal shooting of well-known Oceanside ...
North County Times, CA - Dec 22, 2006... their kids. They are responsible for their attorney's fees and cost of their care in juvenile hall. That is all.". Richard wrote ...
Source: www.nctimes.com