NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A supervisor and former employee of the Juvenile Justice Center were arrested and charged in connection to the escape of four teens.

The Delaware County Juvenile Court has opened a juvenile assessment center, the first in the county’s history.

New York City Council confronted Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration today on a steady increase in the use of force in two youth detention facilities.

“We all agree there’s a problem, the numbers lay that out,” said Manhattan Councilman Keith Powers (D), chair of the Criminal Justice Committee, to a group of administration officials who appeared to testify. “What is the game plan between now and next year to improve those numbers? … What programs, services or staffing?”

RALEIGH, N.C. - Significant changes to North Carolina's justice system for young offenders and sex-related offenses begin this weekend.

No longer will 16- and 17-year-olds be automatically tried in adult court for most nonviolent or less serious felonies as the state's long-awaited "Raise the Age" initiative takes effect. Victims of child sex abuse will have more time as adults to seek civil damages against perpetrators. And, a court decision preventing women from legally revoking consent is getting overridden.

California would expand its juvenile-justice system to include 18- and 19-year-olds under a proposal from the state’s probation chiefs, a move they said would allow a more restorative approach for those teenagers but one expert warned could be difficult to implement.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Children are being locked in solitary confinement at a Middle Tennessee juvenile detention center under conditions that experts say could amount to torture, an exclusive NewsChannel 5 investigation has discovered.

At Georgia’s seven juvenile prisons, hundreds of surveillance cameras capture the daily violence and chaos that permeate the facilities. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution obtained videos of several incidents involving the use of force by corrections officers at the Sumter Youth Development Campus in Americus. The state Department of Juvenile Justice obscured the faces of juveniles in the videos.

A Cook County ordinance that would keep children under 13 from being jailed cannot be enforced because an appeals court recently ruled the measure conflicts with state law.

Passed in September 2018, the ordinance was lauded by juvenile justice advocates as a progressive step toward reducing the number of incarcerated youth.