Black Lives Matter Nashville, along with activists nationwide, has started a campaign asking the public to pressure…
A San Francisco mother has filed a lawsuit alleging that the city kept her teenage son locked in a cell for days even…
In a spoken-word poem, Dwayne Betts details the emotional impacts of juvenile incarceration.
Editor’s note: This is the second of two essays The Root is publishing in partnership with Caught, a new podcast from…
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. Adolescent…
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…
Just last week, 71-year-old Henry Montgomery found out he would spend yet another Christmas behind bars in Louisiana.…
Updated Monday, May 22, 2017, 6:48 p.m. EDT: Bresha Meadows hugged her loved ones and attorneys after her hearing…
A 17-year-old boy from Florida City, Fla., is facing a manslaughter charge after he accidentally shot and killed his…
Lawmakers in the state of New York voted on Sunday to raise the age of criminal responsibility as part of a $153…
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