Juvenile Justice Authority

Leavenworth's mayor, Jermaine Wilson, is uniquely positioned to, as he puts it, bring voice to the voiceless and hope to the hopeless. The new mayor was…

A state audit of Kansas’s only juvenile corrections facility uncovered allegations of violence between staff members and sexual relationships between…

Missouri would join a majority of U.S. states in raising the age someone can be tried as an adult in court to 18 under a bill passed by the legislature…

It's been nearly 30 years since six Kansas City firefighters were killed in an explosion after responding to a call about a truck on fire. A few weeks…

Virginia Hoft spent Thursday driving from her office in Johnson County to Geary County to set up a youth advocate program — part of an ambitious slate of…

As they gavel in Monday for the 2017 session, Kansas legislators are considering delaying juvenile justice reforms enacted last year.Last year’s bill was…

Kansas Governor Sam Brownback wants to merge the state's Juvenile Justice Authority with the Department of Corrections.The governor says he’ll propose an…