Department of Juvenile Justice

The Mayfield Youth Development Center held a ribbon cutting Tuesday to celebrate the facility’s reopening after it closed seven months ago due to damage sustained during December’s deadly tornado outbreak.

Kentucky's juvenile justice department will soon begin accepting applications for a grant program that supports alternatives to detention for low-level…

Juvenile justice officials in Kentucky are encouraging local initiatives to keep low-level juvenile offenders out of the criminal justice system.The…

Hopkinsville area educators, social workers, law enforcement and members of the criminal justice system met Tuesday night at the local Boys and Girls Club…

In a demonstration at the state Capitol on Thursday, activists called on Gov. Matt Bevin to make reforms to the state’s juvenile detention system after…

This story has been updated to include a statement from the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, Hayter and an attorney representing Gynnya McMillen’s…

Bob Hayter is the new commissioner for the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Secretary Michael Brown made the…

Teen courts and restorative justice are focused on cutting off the "school-to-prison pipeline."

A group of lawmakers and youth stakeholders has made recommendations for how to improve Kentucky’s juvenile justice system to address low-level youth…