juvenile justice

The program is for long-term incarcerated youth in Utah. They’ll be able to take virtual classes taught out of Dixie State University.

Incarcerated students in Utah currently have access to high school curriculums and can get their GED or diploma. A proposal by a state lawmaker would set up a program to help them earn college credits, too.

Utah’s juvenile justice system has come a long way since 2016, when a state analysis found it was locking up most minors for low-level offenses and…

Not much is known yet about the motives behind the shooting last weekend in Grantsville. The suspect though is 16-year-old Collin Haynie, accused of…

About a year after major reforms to Utah’s juvenile justice system, early indications show the state is heading in the right direction, detaining fewer…

A bill that would allow prosecutors to automatically try a 15-year-old as an adult for murdering a police officer narrowly passed a Utah House committee…

As Utah students go back to school this week administrators are still determining how to deal with those who are disruptive or chronically truant.…

UPDATE: KUER learned late Thursday that one of the kids featured in this story, D.P., plagiarized his contest winning the poem “Drowning in Blue”. Much of…

A bill to reform Utah’s Juvenile Justice system is marching forward in the Utah Legislature after hitting a few roadblocks in the House. House Bill 239,…

Officials in Weber County say the region's new Juvenile Justice Center will be much more than a warehouse for troubled youth. Wednesday’s groundbreaking…