"This is an extremely disturbing situation," Assistant Chief Deputy Wesley Richerson said during a news conference on Monday.

Letter to Tonya Burton, who ran Adair County facility for 10 years, says she faced discipline if she stayed on the job.

Understaffing, missed payments and unclear policies are among the challenges at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile ...

Christy Galindo was flown to a local hospital following the teens' escape. After being moved out of ICU, remarkably, she told ...

South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice will lease Greenville County’s reopened Juvenile Detention Center, but ...

Christy Galindo was flown to a local hospital following the teens' escape. After being moved out of ICU, remarkably, she told ...

GRANBURY, Texas — Christy Galindo, a detention officer at the Lake Granbury Youth ... teenagers who attempted and managed to escape the juvenile lockup. Despite the ordeal, Galindo remains ...

GRANBURY, Texas — Christy Galindo, a detention officer at the Lake Granbury Youth ... teenagers who attempted and managed to escape the juvenile lockup. Despite the ordeal, Galindo remains ...

The Department of Juvenile Justice's website listed regional facilities ... as punishment and staff shortages that put corrections officers and kids at risk. Some of the findings, however, applied ...