While many of us have had our fair share of detentions for the usual suspects—tardiness, talking back, or forgotten homework—there are instances where these disciplinary actions were doled out for ...

Hear that bell? School’s in session… in the the living room. With remote learning an everyday reality now, I imagine there are fewer opportunities for kids to act a fool and get detention. And what an ...

On the eve of his 17th birthday, community members across Meriden gathered to welcome home Kevin, a Francis T. Maloney High ...

Each morning begins the same way for Hattie Tate: She reviews a list of Oakland students at the local juvenile facility who have been booked, released or scheduled for a court appearance. For over a ...

Anyone who has broken school rules has probably spent some time in detention, you know, a few hours stuck in a classroom monitored by a teacher who doesn't want to be there either. But one counselor ...

Against all odds, Michael Ballez will be graduating from North High School this year. Those odds include: the classmates who’ve dropped out, one by one, until only a handful of the kids he started ...

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — To earn his freedom, 15-year-old Cayden Gillespie had to complete three school assignments a day. But school had gone virtual for Cayden and other incarcerated young people in ...

Mercer Island High School appears to be replacing traditional detention with after-school “Reflection Time.” One parent is calling it the district’s “latest woke-Marxist policy.” According to an ...

A panel on ICE detentions of U.S. citizens was held Tuesday in Washington, D.C. and the superintendent of the Winooski, ...

The juvenile criminal justice system is an integral aspect of our society. Historically, juvenile detention centers have been birthed from the same prison logics that we see permeate the criminal ...

During the teens' first appearances, prosecutors noted community safety concerns and asked for the two to be held in secure ...

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