Knox County leaders say the juvenile detention facility has made progress in recent months, even as questions continue ...

The teenager accused of shooting and killing a 7-year-old boy will be transferred to a Cook County jail on his 18th birthday.

The Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center is “not safe, nor is it secure,” according to Brian Bivens, the center’s former ...

The Knox County Juvenile Justice Center board is planning for transition after interim director Brian Bivens' sudden ...

Following his resignation as the interim director of the Richard L. Bean Juvenile Detention Center, Brian Bivens said in a ...

A Cook County judge found Kevin Walker not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct in a 2023 incident involving a 15-year-old at the juvenile jail.

Mentor Schools president Maggie Cook refuted Sen. Bernie Moreno's claims that a student charged with pornography returned to ...

A youth counselor at a juvenile detention facility in Brooklyn pocketed more than $70,000 in bribes to sneak in drugs and weapons, Big Apple investigators said Thursday. Lymek Frazier, 31, is accused ...

The former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee is charged with two felonies for allegedly throwing a boy to the ground.

A board overseeing the troubled Knox County juvenile detention center is asking for a six-month extension on its oversight. The center's longtime superintendent was forced out in May after firing a ...