Youth Incarceration

Investigators found the Jackson Parish Jail violated state rules 83 times between July and February — almost 12 times more than the state’s second-worst lockup.

Girls returned to Ware Youth Center after being transferred elsewhere last year.

New federal policies extend Medicaid to incarcerated youth and open the door for adult inmates to get coverage before they’re released.

A youth sentencing study shows Alabama and Mississippi are among just four states that top the nation in new juvenile life without parole sentences since 2012.