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The bill would allow the state to transfer individuals convicted of crimes as juveniles to prison after they reach the age of 21.

Although Linn County’s Juvenile Detention Center shares a campus with the Oak Creek Oregon Youth Authority facility on ...

Demarion Eylon Queen, 18, of Alachua, was booked into the Alachua County Jail in early February and charged with battery on a ...

Monroe County's Juvenile Enhanced Diversion (JEDS) program, launched in 2023 to address rising youth crime, is showing ...