The recent controversy over a spike in pepper spray use at Los Angeles County’s juvenile detention facilities has sent officials scrambling to compile and release a cache of internal use-of-force data to satisfy calls for transparency.

About a hundred young people rallied on Boston Common and at the State House Thursday to demand an increase in funding for youth jobs and education. They also advocated to seal eviction records that include the names of minors and raise the age limit on those treated as juveniles in the justice system from 18 to 21.

Two weeks ago, an independent watchdog told the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors that it should consider banning pepper spray at juvenile detention facilities, citing examples of the inappropriate and avoidable use of the spray by officers. It didn’t take long for the board to act.

Incarcerated teens in California face trauma, violence and discrimination despite being promised rehabilitation, according to a new report.

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — In our months of covering the juvenile justice system on Vegas Lost, one fact keeps coming up: through our coverage of detention centers, court hearings, sentences, diversion programs, through all of it, it's the fact that no one really knows if any of it is working.

AUSTIN — Five of the top employees at the youth lockup north of Dallas have been terminated amid ongoing efforts to right the state's juvenile justice agency.

Staff at L.A. County's juvenile halls and camps use pepper spray on kids too often, too quickly, and in situations when it isn't necessary, according to a report issued by the county's inspector general.