A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is struggling to meet its goals, a county report shows.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An equal justice statue sits outside the doors of the Minnehaha County Courthouse in Sioux Falls. (Makenzie Huber/South Dakota ...

A King County program intended to help juvenile criminal offenders has been put on hold due to a lack of effectiveness. Following results that show over half of juveniles referred to King County’s ...

NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio -- City Council has approved a bit of housekeeping involving the North Olmsted juvenile court diversion and safety town programs. “We actually did kind of a swap, if you will,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oct. 23—Rogers County Youth Services has launched a program to deter juvenile offenders from committing more serious offenses in ...

Franklin County Prosecutor Shayla Favor and Franklin County Court of Common Pleas Lead Juvenile Judge Lasheyl Stroud pose for a photo. The prosecutor's office and the court are teaming up for a new ...

KING COUNTY, Wash. — On the heels of the announcement of what King County's Executive is calling "100 Days of Action" against youth gun violence, a member of the county council said he believes a ...

With juvenile car thefts and low-level felony cases a continued concern, Franklin County officials are taking a new approach to youth crime. In 2024, more than 600 juveniles were charged for their ...

State lawmakers held a hearing Tuesday on a set of bills intended to reduce burdens on students and families involved in Pennsylvania’s juvenile court system. The three-part package would require ...

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