'Highly inappropriate': Parliament questions election funding promise for at-risk youth program
By Lucy MacDonald

The taxpayer-funded outreach organisation JCP Youth runs the "flagship" BEAST program to divert at-risk youths, but a parliamentary committee has concerns over its evidence base and lack of a tender process for funding.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-15/tas-jcp-youth-parliamentary-committee/106563024

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'Highly inappropriate': Parliament questions election funding promise for at-risk youth program

The taxpayer-funded outreach organisation JCP Youth runs the "flagship" BEAST program to divert at-risk youths, but a parliamentary committee has concerns over its evidence base and lack of a tender process for funding.

Mandatory minimum sentencing, juvenile crime bill sent to Missouri governor • Missouri Independent

The Missouri House gave final approval Thursday to a bill that would change the classifications of and punishments for juvenile offenders and mandate more time served before any felon is eligible for parole. Sponsored by state Sen. Nick Schroer, a Republican from Defiance, the bill would classify older juveniles who commit crimes as adults and […]

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Công an Đà Nẵng tạm giữ hình sự 3 thiếu niên (vị thành niên) về hành vi lừa dụ bé gái dưới 16 tuổi vào phòng trọ và sử dụng hung khí thực hiện hiếp dâm ngày 14/1. Vụ việc đang được điều tra làm rõ.

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Tạm giữ hình sự 3 thiếu niên dụ bé gái đến phòng trọ rồi hiếp dâm

Phòng Cảnh sát hình sự Công an TP Đà Nẵng đã tạm giữ hình sự 3 thiếu niên dùng hung khí hiếp dâm bé gái dưới 16 tuổi hôm 14/1.

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🚨 Nam sinh lớp 8 ở Lào Cai hành hung bạn rồi đẩy xuống hồ, công an xác định có dấu hiệu của tội phạm giết người. Vụ việc xảy ra chiều 6/11 tại phường Yên Bái. Đây là vụ việc nghiêm trọng cần được xử lý theo pháp luật.

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Nam sinh lớp 8 hành hung, đẩy bạn xuống hồ có dấu hiệu của tội phạm Giết người

Chiều 6/11, Công an tỉnh Lào Cai thông tin về vụ việc có dấu hiệu “Giết người” liên quan đến hai nam sinh lớp 8 xảy ra tại phường Yên Bái (tỉnh Lào Cai).

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Two Children Ages 9 and 10 Face Multiple Charges After Severe Assault on 5-Year-Old Girl

In Cleveland, Ohio, two children aged 9 and 10 have been charged with multiple serious crimes including attempted murder, rape, felonious assault, kidnapping, and strangulation involving a 5-year-old girl. The charges follow an incident on September 13 when the girl was allegedly lured away from a f... [More info]

Investigators with the King County Sheriff’s Office accuse a 15-year-old juvenile of shooting everyone in his immediate family at their home in Fall City on Monday, killing five out of six family members. They say the teen also attempted to “stage” the scene and blame his 13-year-old brother, telling dispatchers that the 13-year-old had fired on others and then committed suicide.
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15-year-old accused of killing his Fall City family tried to frame brother, investigators say

Investigators with the King County Sheriff’s Office accuse a 15-year-old juvenile of shooting everyone in his immediate family at their home in Fall City on Monday, killing five out of six family members. They say the teen also attempted to “stage” the scene and blame his 13-year-old brother, telling dispatchers that the 13-year-old had fired on others and then committed suicide.

A King County Superior Court judge held the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in contempt of court Friday for failing to transfer an 18-year-old convicted of robbery to a state juvenile rehabilitation facility.
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King County judge finds state agency in contempt for keeping teen in adult jail

A King County Superior Court judge held the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) in contempt of court Friday for failing to transfer an 18-year-old convicted of robbery to a state juvenile rehabilitation facility.

The King County Council will consider its official stance on jailing some youths for serious crimes, four years after Executive Dow Constantine pledged to end juvenile detention.
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More talk, but no resolution. King County Council remains at odds about youth jail

The King County Council will consider its official stance on jailing some youths for serious crimes, four years after Executive Dow Constantine pledged to end juvenile detention.

A Thurston County Superior Court judge told the state it has two weeks to return 43 young men it suddenly moved last Friday from the Green Hill School juvenile rehabilitation center to an adult prison in Shelton unless it can convince the court that the emergency move was necessary to reduce dangerous overcrowding.
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No juveniles in adult prisons, Washington court orders

A Thurston County Superior Court judge told the state it has two weeks to return 43 young men it suddenly moved last Friday from the Green Hill School juvenile rehabilitation center to an adult prison in Shelton unless it can convince the court that the emergency move was necessary to reduce dangerous overcrowding.

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is having trouble meeting its goals, a county report shows.
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Controversial county effort to divert youth criminal cases to community groups not meeting goals

A $16 million effort by King County to send most juvenile criminal cases to community-based diversion programs, rather than the court system, is having trouble meeting its goals, a county report shows.