Once incarcerated, the isolation and loss of freedom they experience can intensify feelings of loneliness, hopelessness, and powerlessness. Additionally, having the label of a “criminal,” along with ...

Rich Friley of Capital Crossroads cleans up some mess from Skate on State, an open air skating rink on the West Lawn of the ...

Children incarcerated at Long Creek Youth Development Center, Maine's only youth prison, have more behavioral health needs than most adults in the state's prison system. But advocates say those ...

As the legislative session nears an end, proposed changes in state law aimed at relieving the juvenile detention system have ...

Many young people who have been incarcerated later struggle to achieve the basic milestones in adulthood, such as living on ...

Incarceration has lasting consequences. Many young people who have been incarcerated later struggle to achieve the basic ...

Virginia's juvenile justice director is raising questions about how one legislator obtained information about the facility ...

Baltimore’s Juvenile Justice Drama Club empowers incarcerated teens, helping them build empathy and hope through theater and ...

The Prison Policy Initiative this month recognized April as ‘Second Chance Month’ for formerly incarcerated individuals.

Incarceration has lasting consequences. Many young people who have been incarcerated later struggle to achieve the basic milestones in adulthood, such as living on their own or maintaining a long-term ...

As someone who was formerly incarcerated, Smith founded the GRAAFICS organization to service at-risk youth and recently founded a healthcare company aimed at tackling health inequities particularly ...

The young men were playing not for a high school or town but for their housing unit at MacLaren Youth Correctional Facility. They had earned the privilege of spending an hour in the youth prison ...