juvenile offenders

Braelyn Rios, 16, was given a 24-year sentence that's suspended while the boy will be sent to a juvenile facility.

Some experts say charging youth – whose brains have not developed to understand the implications of their actions – as adults can set kids up to fail for the rest of their lives. And while some Indiana lawmakers have worked toward changing policy to send fewer children to adult court, proposed legislation hasn’t gained traction.

Decisions Thursday from the Michigan Supreme Court put new boundaries around life sentences for people convicted of murders committed when they were 18 or younger.

A year after a state task force was created to improve Indiana's juvenile justice system, recommendations for change are now headed to lawmakers.On…

Legislation headed to the Indiana House would allow 12-year-olds to be sent to the Department of Correction for crimes that include attempted robbery.That…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed legislation to raise the age at which offenders are treated as adults in the criminal justice…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have reached a deal to no longer automatically treat 17-year-old criminal defendants as adults.A Senate committee…