Juvenile delinquency
Jason Copenhaver of Florida was charged with simple battery and disorderly conduct.
Children’s rights advocates and health experts have warned state officials for weeks that it was just a matter of time before the virus took off inside juvenile facilities.
The child was being disciplined for cutting into a lunch line. Thrown to the ground, he suffered a fractured skull.
No child as young as this one has been accused in a mass killing since at least 2006.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
A case in Maryland illustrates how states are struggling to keep up with the changing realities of teenage behavior.
Members of the city’s Board of Supervisors introduced a measure to shutter the youth detention facility within three years.
In most states, there’s no minimum age for juvenile detention.
Child advocates say it's an important victory given the Trump administration's tough-on-crime rhetoric.
The boy suffered minor injuries after crashing his mom's SUV.
The changes reflect an agenda that ignores racial inequality.