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.

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 ...

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

The majority of justice-involved youth struggle with mental health, according to the court – and many end up transferred to the adult system. In Arveontae’s case, mental health appeared to be at the ...

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.

A yearlong review by Disability Rights NC found stark differences among facilities, with some teens locked in their cells more than 22 hours a day.

Sen. Danny Carroll, R-Paducah, is renewing his efforts to provide better mental health care to youths in state custody.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...