In an effort to reduce overcrowding in South Carolina’s juvenile jail, senators advanced a bill Thursday that would require counties to pay more for each teenager detained.

A report from a state oversight agency has laid bare the ongoing challenges at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice as the agency has struggled to turn itself around following a ...

Williamston Police Department discovered two firearms at Anderson District 1 and 2 Career and Technology Center.

South Carolina lawmakers say their work investigating the state’s one-point-eight *billion-dollar mystery – and figuring out what consequences should come from it – is not over.

Update: Ruby was located safe on 1/28 and transported to South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice. Laurens County Sheriff's Office said they cannot comment on juvenile charges. Previous story ...

A 13-year-old South Carolina boy who could be prosecuted ... He was sent to the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice, where he remains in custody. Then on Feb. 13, prosecutors filed paperwork ...

South Carolina prosecutors have filed court documents ... in court that the boy be evaluated by the S.C. Department of Juvenile Justice, lawyers in the case said. That evaluation is required ...