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KENT COUNTY, Mich. — After a man who was handed a life sentence for murder as a teenager got out on parole and allegedly committed another violent crime, the murder victim’s son was left asking why he ...

Re: “Gargantuan lawsuit budget shows what’s needed: more transparency” (Oct. 21, Opinion): The editorial board highlights serious concerns with Washington’s policy of locking young people up in unsafe ...

DESTROYED IN THE BLAST. THE GOVERNOR’S PLAN TO OVERHAUL WISCONSIN’S PRISON SYSTEM IS NOW MOVING FORWARD. THE PROPOSAL CALLS FOR CLOSING THE LINCOLN HILLS AND COOPER LAKE JUVENILE PRISONS IN NORTHERN ...

323rd District Judge Alex Kim reads the jury’s sentence on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, of the teenager who fatally shot another student at Arlington’s Lamar High School. The teen received the maximum ...

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When I started working for Maryland’s Department of Juvenile Services in January 2023, I already had a deep knowledge of the agency’s past. I had previously researched and written about its Civil ...

The Memphis Flyer is Memphis’ alternative newsweekly, serving the metro Memphis area of nearly a million residents. The Flyer was started in 1989 by Contemporary Media, Inc., the locally owned ...

James Comer is greeted by friends and family upon his release from Northern State Prison in Newark on Oct. 17, 2025. (Photo by Steve Hockstein/HarvardStudio.com) A man whose criminal case helped ...

SARASOTA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Sarasota man was sentenced to four decades in prison for shooting at paramedics and trying to frame a juvenile relative for the crime. Tyran Young, 38, summoned paramedics to ...

In the days since a congressional budget impasse caused a federal government shutdown, public attention has largely focused on high-profile impacts like employee furloughs, air travel delays and ...