Ohio Department of Youth Services

Six state juvenile detention agency employees were disciplined following an investigation into the death of an incarcerated 17-year-old last year,…

Officials at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility say a 17-year-old inmate died Monday. A nurse and emergency medical personnel tried…

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction and the Department of Youth Services have asked the Ohio Controlling Board for 1.8 million dollars to…

A new report by the non-profit Juvenile Justice Coalition of Ohio says there's limited information about what happens to the thousands of juveniles who…

Youth services advocates say there’s a big problem in the state - parents who are desperate to get expensive or hard-to-get support for their children end…

A Marion teenager convicted of killing her stepfather is back in custody after escaping from a mental health facility in Cleveland on Wednesday. Marion…

A federal judge has ended a decade of court-ordered oversight of Ohio's juvenile prison system. Ohio Public Radio's Jo Ingles reports.In 2004, two child…

A new report says Ohio's juvenile prison system has become a model for others a quarter-century after it was on the brink of crisis. A report by a…

After being challenged by the Justice Department, the Ohio Department of Youth Services reduced the solitary confinement of its inmates last year. A…

The Ohio Department of Youth Services this week reached an agreement with the Justice Department to stop using solitary confinement in its prisons. Joanna…