What caused the issue at the Department of Juvenile Justice facility outside Columbia Tuesday morning? That’s a question public officials need to be asking. The answer shouldn’t be as simple as it was ...

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 ...

Local attorney Matthew Yelverton discusses a federal lawsuit against DJJ he plans to file on behalf of the family of a teenager who died while under DJJ’s care. Yelverton’s law office is located ...

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 ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A panel of South Carolina senators has given its vote of approval for Eden Hendrick to become the next director of the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ). In February, Governor ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A new program is starting at the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) to help those most at risk. There's a new sense of hope for Craig Legg, one of the youth at DJJ's Broad River ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - An audit of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice shows little change has been implemented, posing safety concerns for the youth who call these facilities home.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A newly-released state audit of the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice finds that longstanding issues have persisted at the agency in the midst of federal scrutiny, ...

DECATUR — Lisa Smart, of Meigs, Brittany Revels, of Thomasville, and Jeremiah Walker, of Thomasville, were among 36 Department of Juvenile Justice cadets who graduated Aug. 28 at the Georgia Public ...