juvenile justice

The Michigan Supreme Court will hear cases in January that could decide whether more younger defendants convicted of murder will have an opportunity to have their mandatory sentences of life with no chance of parole reconsidered by a judge.

We look at the ongoing crisis within Wayne county’s juvenile jails, and what’s being done about it.

The continued investigation into the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Center, new rules for how schools evaluate teachers, and the growing drone show industry in Michigan.

The report details the alleged events of the night of March 14, 2023, when a 12-year-old was reportedly assaulted by multiple other youths at the detention center.

The state monitors were placed in the county’s juvenile detention facility last March, after the alleged sexual assault of a 12-year-old by other detainees. Now, one is accused of criminal sexual conduct and child abuse of a 15-year-old inmate.

In Michigan there’s no centralized public defense structure for juveniles facing criminal charges. House Bill 4630 aims to change that.

State GOP infighting and lawsuits, Michigan's lack of indigent defense for juveniles, and what to do with "zombie" malls.

Young people in Michigan’s corrections system will have more chances to undergo behavioral risk and mental health screenings as a way of diverting them from detention.

Michigan has more so-called “juvenile lifers” than almost any other state in the country. More than a decade after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled automatic life without parole sentences for juveniles violated the Constitution, the vast majority of those people have received a new, lighter sentence.

Michigan's Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform was established in June 2021 with a goal of recommending changes to the state's juvenile justice system.