Juvenile Justice

Former representative Caleb Finck led a summer study into juvenile justice reform last year. What did he learn and how is his work affecting current legislation?

A pair of bills authorizing the Unified Judicial System to create study groups are on their way to becoming law.

The Senate Judiciary committee heard testimony concerning a comprehensive package of laws from 2013 intending to find community alternatives to sending offenders to jail and prison.

The Unified Judicial System is proposing a study of young adult offenders, to determine how to handle them in the criminal justice system.

Authorities need to act more quickly and decisively when dealing with juvenile delinquency. That’s one conclusion of a South Dakota legislative interim committee on juvenile justice.

This summer a legislative study on Juvenile Justice has focused heavily on keeping kids in school to prevent them from turning to crime. The committee has also focused on mental health problems and the severe dearth of treatment in South Dakota.

In 2014 the South Dakota legislature approved reforms for the juvenile justice system that would give services to delinquent kids through teams of professionals in their communities.

A legislative committee approved a bill Wednesday that would prevent the governor from putting the former STAR Academy juvenile detention center back up…

Young adults in juvenile corrections are learning to train and care for animals. The Humane Society of the Black Hills bring in critters from geckoes to…

Prosecutors and school administrators traveled to Pierre earlier this week to stand up for Senate Bill 67. That bill allows judges to more easily send…