juvenile justice

A Jacksonville-based nonprofit that helps keep girls out of jail is expanding into Georgia as it celebrates its 35th anniversary. The PACE Center for…

Fewer teens and kids are being arrested in Florida than at any point in the past 43 years, according to state data released Monday by the Department of…

A divided Florida Supreme Court on Thursday upheld simultaneous 1,000-year prison sentences for a man who was convicted of what the court described as…

Fifty-five years in prison is not the same as a life sentence, a Florida appeals court ruled Monday. The sentence was handed down to a 16-year-old…

Delores Barr Weaver Policy CenterThe Delores Barr Weaver Policy Center recently released its latest three year data trends report, "See the Change: Girls'…

Juvenile DiversionEvery year, police arrest more than 2,000 juveniles in Duval County. Nearly half are under the age of 15.Some are arrested for serious…

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

Bills are moving in the House and Senate that would limit the ability of Florida prosecutors to charge juvenile offenders as adults, a legal practice…

A juvenile justice “fair” took over part of the Duval County Courthouse Wednesday.It was Circuit Judge Suzanne Bass’s idea to bring together dozens of…

We discuss the week's top news stories with our roundtable of local journalists: Ron Littlepage, Florida Times-Union columnist; Fred Matthews, Examiner…