Latest Juvenile corrections News

Man convicted of holding down boy while he was raped at a youth center gets 20- to 40-year sentence

Jan. 27, 2025 15:06 PM EST

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A former leader at a New Hampshire youth detention center who was convicted of holding down a teen while he was raped in 1998 was sentenced Monday to 20 to 40 years in prison. Bradley Asbury, now 70, was found guilty in November on two counts of being an...

Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in youth detention center rape case

Jan. 22, 2025 17:51 PM EST

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday after jurors deadlocked on whether a former worker at New Hampshire's youth detention center raped a 14-year-old boy in 1998, but the defendant still faces 15 other charges in separate cases. Jurors were unable to reach a...

Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in case of former youth detention center worker charged with rape

Jan. 22, 2025 17:27 PM EST
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Mistrial declared after New Hampshire jury deadlocks in case of former youth detention center worker charged with rape.

Former Kentucky juvenile detention chief resigned after investigation

Jan. 07, 2025 17:50 PM EST

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — The former superintendent of a Kentucky juvenile detention center that was the site of a riot in 2022 failed to conduct mental health assessments and wrongly accused a teen of getting a handcuff key from a guard before she resigned, according to a newspaper report. ...