The hashmarks represent the number of juveniles estimated by law enforcement to have been brought to court in 2023 in shackles — handcuffs linked to a leather security belt and large ankle cuffs with ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A juvenile was found with a gunshot wound in the 3200 block of Peele Court on Tuesday. Around 6:15 p.m., emergency communications was alerted to gunshots through ShotSpotter, ...
The Department of Juvenile Justice directly oversees the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center near Richmond, the only state-run youth prison. And across the Commonwealth, dozens of locally run ...
RICHMOND, Va. — Who should oversee Virginia's Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), which is responsible for serving more than 3,000 court-involved youth every day? That was the question at the center ...
CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A study by the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) to consider a change in oversight of the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice has recommended ...
STAUNTON — After her son got caught stealing iPhones a few years ago and was locked up in the local juvenile detention center, M.T. recalls sitting in Augusta County Juvenile & Domestic Relations ...