The U.S. House Oversight Committee advanced several bills that would roll back bipartisan reforms designed to protect children in the justice system. The data shows that the children in our criminal ...

We’ve made progress in many realms of civil rights over the past decades in the U.S. The rights of African Americans, women, gays and lesbians, and handicapped people have expanded, thanks in part to ...

(Washington, DC) – El Salvador’s Legislative Assembly has approved measures that will transfer children to the country’s adult prison system, exposing them to a heightened risk of abuse and violating ...

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (7News) — A new report offers insight into the lives of incarcerated individuals who committed crimes as children. Researchers with an advocacy organization known as Human Rights for ...

Anna gets up early for work, sometimes before sunrise. She packs light: water, a phone and charger, a first aid kit, and a recording device. Anna dresses practically, never anything that resembles a ...

Arkansas lawmakers are considering legislation to reform the state's juvenile justice system. The proposed bills aim to address childhood trauma, restore voting rights for some former youth offenders ...