A new Ohio study showed youth mental health is influenced by family, peers, trauma and interactions with the juvenile justice ...

Young Marylanders with severe mental health needs are being “inappropriately” sent to detention settings that are struggling to help them, according to the state’s Juvenile Justice Monitoring Unit.

Legislation that would establish a comprehensive framework for identifying and treating high-acuity youth in Kentucky’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A new report is looking at the connections between mental health and the juvenile justice system. Health ...

WASHINGTON-- U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee and co-author of the recently-passed Mental Health Reform Act, and U.S.

In rural America, a child’s path from a first-time misdemeanor to a detention cell often has less to do with the severity of ...

New York regulations generally restrict youth isolation and require additional approval when confinement extends beyond a day. A federal class-action lawsuit filed earlier this year alleges that a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice is seeking to build a 24-bed mental health facility for children in their custody. Specifically for justice-involved youth, 16 of ...

The order will seek to establish partnerships and programs to train state employees in addressing mental and behavioral health within the justice system — before and after people are incarcerated.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — A new report is looking at the connections between mental health and the juvenile justice system. Health Policy Institute of Ohio Senior Policy Analyst Jacob Santiago shared ...