In the early days of the pandemic, there was a sustained push to release those incarcerated in the nation’s jails,…

It’s truly disheartening how quickly the American judicial system works to lock Black youth up. If you had any…

Earlier this week, ProPublica and the Detroit Free Press published a story about a 15-year-old Black girl,…

Sentencing children to life in prison with no possibility of release has long been a controversial aspect of the…

“His mother works at Giant Food Store and his stepfather works at USPS. He can pay the court costs.” Those were the…

The nation’s highest court on Wednesday is set to review the life sentences handed down in the early aughts to a…

Two white girls, ages 10 and 11, are facing assault charges, including one who’s also facing a hate crime charge,…

In the latest case of what one apparently cannot do and be black in this country, a 10-year-old black child is…

As cities and towns across America come to grips with the country’s mass incarceration problem, many jurisdictions…

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Lee Boyd Malvo, who participated in one of the most…

Black Lives Matter Nashville, along with activists nationwide, has started a campaign asking the public to pressure…

No one knew.

A San Francisco mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city kept her teenage son locked in a cell for days…

In a spoken-word poem, Dwayne Betts details the emotional impacts of juvenile incarceration.

This article was published in partnership with Caught, the new podcast on juvenile justice from WNYC Studios and the…

Editor’s note: This is the second of two essays The Root is publishing in partnership with Caught, a new podcast…

Editor’s note: This is the first of two essays The Root is publishing in partnership with Caught, a new podcast from…

In 2005 the United States became the last country to end the death penalty for offenders under 18 years old.…

America incarcerates more juveniles than any country in the world.

One of Virginia’s newest state delegates is working on a series of bills that would disrupt the “school-to-prison…