Table toppers congratulate the Department of Juvenile Justice on its thousandth graduate during a ceremony at the department's Broad River Road Complex on Friday, June 7, 2024. (Skylar Laird/SC Daily ...

Millions of dollars could be spent on a new detention center to house South Carolina juveniles charged with crimes, as well as renovations to current facilities for the agency that oversees those ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – A consultant hired by the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice is recommending 110 changes at the agency. DJJ hired Larry Reid, with Correctional Consulting Services, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill aimed at reducing the detention of nonviolent youth is gaining momentum in the South Carolina Senate. Right now, youth can face arrest and detention for non-violent offenses ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - In a few short weeks, the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) must start housing teens who are arrested in Richland County. Starting August 1, Alvin S. Glenn ...

COLUMBIA, SC (WSPA) — South Carolina lawmakers said they will continue to look into concerns highlighted by a Legislative Audit Council review of the state Department of Juvenile Justice. The report, ...

COLUMBIA — The embattled chief of South Carolina’s Department of Juvenile Justice received a rare "no confidence" vote June 9 by a Senate panel after he again refused to resign amid four hours of ...

We’ve known for more than a year that despite some smart efforts, the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice still hadn’t turned the corner since Freddie Pough was hired in 2017 following a string of ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) — The director of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice laid out Tuesday what changes the agency has made since two recent riots. Director Sylvia Murray and other DJJ ...