Juvenile Justice

The Standish Maximum Correctional Facility has been vacant since 2009. State Representative Mike Hoadley (R-Au Gres) said he wants the facility to be retrofitted to serve a new public purpose, but it’s unclear what the prison could become.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruling allows judges to add restitution when they're resentencing people who were initially sentenced to life without parole.

Michigan's Task Force on Juvenile Justice Reform was established in June 2021 with a goal of recommending changes to the state's juvenile justice system.

Bills aimed at overhauling Michigan's juvenile justice system are one step closer to Governor Gretchen Whitmer's desk.

The House Criminal Justice Committee and the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee opened hearings on ensuring legal aid for juvenile defendants.

State House and Senate committees will convene Tuesday for their first joint hearing on bills to ensure juveniles facing criminal charges have proper legal assistance.

Michigan House bills to ban automatic life sentences for anyone aged 18 and under are set for a committee hearing tomorrow.

Experts say rehabilitation is best done at home rather than a facility for youth in the juvenile justice system.

Juveniles can sometimes be lodged in emergency rooms for weeks awaiting placement in a dedicated mental health facility.

A juvenile justice group is urging Wayne County to fix what it calls a crisis at the county's Juvenile Detention facility.