Juvenile Corrections in the News

Tulsa World, OK - 18 hours ago... The leader of Oklahoma's juvenile corrections facilities said Rader has staff shortages and is perhaps poorly designed to handle the large number of juveniles ... read more...

Young Criminals' Stories Called 'Peer Pressure On Steroids'

Twin Falls Times-News, ID - Dec 29, 2006BOISE, Idaho - The current head of a 60-bed juvenile jail in Nampa has been named by Gov.-elect "Butch" Otter as the new director of the Idaho Department of ...
Source: www.magicvalley.com

The 2006 Sports Crime awards
Guardian Unlimited, UK - Dec 27, 2006... In August, gripped by the spirit of forgiveness, the honorable judge McKinley postponed the 60-day juvenile jail sentences of two teenagers who pulled a prank. ...
Source: commentisfree.guardian.co.uk

WB teen hangs self in prison
The Citizen's Voice, PA - Dec 29, 2006BY JAMES CONMY AND NICHOLE DOBO. A Wilkes-Barre teen who was housed as an inmate at a juvenile jail hanged himself with a bed sheet. ...
Source: www.zwire.com

OAK PARK HEIGHTS
Pioneer Press, MN - Dec 27, 2006Domestic assault: A 15-year-old boy was booked into the county juvenile jail on suspicion of domestic assault Thursday after he allegedly pushed and hit his ...
Source: www.twincities.com

Wilkes-Barre teen hangs himself in juvenile jail
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - Dec 29, 2006Hien Nguyen, an inmate at the juvenile jail, was pronounced dead at 8:07 am Wednesday, minutes after he was found hanging in his room on the second floor of ...
Source: www.timesleader.com