Department of Juvenile Justice

The number of juvenile arrests in Northeast Florida has dropped by more than a quarter over the past five years. A new report from the Florida Department…

After years of controversy, the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice is ending its relationship with Youth Services International, a for-profit firm…

A House panel on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill aimed at keeping Floridians with mental illnesses out of the criminal-justice system.The House…

Jacksonville police are looking for six juvenile offenders who escaped from a Westside detention program over the weekend. A seventh teenager was caught…

The Jacksonville-based Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center is working with the state's Department of Juvenile Justice to prevent Florida girls from falling…

WFSU’s Sascha Cordner sat down with outgoing Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Wansley Walters, who will be retiring in a month from her...

It was supposed to be a meeting between the State Attorney Angela Corey and members of the Jacksonville Clergy to address the county’s civil citation…

The Interfaith Coalition for Action, Reconciliation and Empowerment (ICARE) has joined the effort to stop the criminalization of first-time juvenile…

African-American children make up less than 40% of the total juvenile population in Jacksonville, but data from the Department of Juvenile Justice shows…