juvenile justice

A pair of juvenile justice reform bills is continuing to gain traction in the Florida Legislature. The Senate Children, Families, and Elder Affairs…

A bill reforming the way state prosecutors can charge juveniles as adults is starting to move in both chambers of the Florida Legislature.Susana Marino…

Two Democratic lawmakers have filed a bill to make it easier for minors to have their records expunged.Rep. Mia Jones (D-Jacksonville) says getting a…

Later this month, the head of Florida’s juvenile justice system will be retiring. In the last of a two-part series, WFSU's Sascha Cordner continues the…

WFSU’s Sascha Cordner sat down with outgoing Florida Department of Juvenile Justice Secretary Wansley Walters, who will be retiring in a month from her…

Though it likely won’t become law this session, lawmakers are considering a proposal which would change the way prosecutors decide whether to charge kids…

As Florida looks to make sure released inmates don’t return to prison, should the Sunshine state look to other states, like Georgia, to learn about their…

House lawmakers Wednesday attempted to square the state’s sex offender laws with the prospect of what to do with juveniles who break them.Fourth Circuit…

Sentencing a minor to life in prison without the possibility of parole was ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2010 in cases other than…