Police in Alameda County are more likely to handcuff Black children experiencing a mental health crisis — particularly girls — than children of other races, according to a new study out of UCSF ...

A 3-year-old girl was allegedly abused and killed by her mother's boyfriend. Investigators found evidence of child abuse and ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Two deputies handcuffed an 11-year-old girl on a Syracuse street corner earlier this month for at least six minutes as they searched for a girl involved in stealing a car. The ...

Three times a week, on average, a police car pulls up to a school in Wicomico County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. A student is brought out, handcuffed and placed inside for transport to a hospital ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – Two parents are suing the city of Oviedo after their 9-year-old child was handcuffed by a school resource officer earlier this year, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF-TV) — Josh Rothe regrets taking a security guard job at the Tennessee Department of Children's Services transitional home in Davidson County. "The kids are in a place where it's ...

NEW BERN, N.C. (WTVD) -- A New Bern mother demands answers after officers handcuffed her 10-year-old son who has autism and is non-verbal. Sasha Strayhorn said it happened at the New Bern Mall. Her ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) – A woman was arrested on Monday after a child was found with handcuffs on her wrist, according to the Charleston Police Department. The arrest happened on Monday, September ...

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) – A Tennessee police chief has offered an apology after his officers handcuffed and arrested 10 elementary school students.MORE: Child arrests in Murfreesboro Murfreesboro ...

A 7-year-old Miami boy was placed in handcuffs Friday afternoon after he allegedly attacked a teacher at Coral Way Elementary. His family is protesting how police handled the incident. “We are still ...

A tiny piece of news out of Florida the other day poked me, you might say, in the rear end. The nation’s prison population — we’re number one! — expanded slightly, as did the concept of crime itself.