Juvenile Justice

"An eye-opening, fully humanizing, deeply affecting look at [America's] often-misunderstood juvenile justice system and its inhabitants -- young people of earnestness, disappointment, hope, and resilience." -- Booklist (starred review)

A state policy group released a report Monday with recommendations on how to improve the juvenile justice system in Oklahoma.

The Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs, the state's juvenile justice agency, has launched a training program for its staff and outside law enforcement…

A major step is taken toward start of construction of the new Family Justice Center. Tulsa County Commissioners approve opening negotiations with…

Tulsa County takes a couple steps forward in criminal justice reform. A timeline is established for the new family justice center. Commissioner Karen…

No action is taken on a request to re-visit a north Tulsa site already bypassed for a new juvenile justice center. Several people told County…

A $40-million bond issue for a new family justice center has been authorized, but the elusive search for a new location continues. Tulsa County…

It’s NOT back to square one on the search for a location for a Family Justice Center, but the latest opportunity for a site has fallen through. Tulsa…

After a ‘firestorm’ of controversy, Tulsa County will withdraw an offer for land at 36th Street North and MLK Boulevard where a new juvenile justice…

Prison overcrowding is, unfortunately, a well-known nationwide phenomenon. It's also a familiar and quite serious problem here in our own backyard, as it…