Press Releases
Juvenile Fails to Return to Dobbs Youth Development Center Following Home Visit in Brunswick County
The Division of Juvenile Justice reports that a juvenile placed in its custody at the Dobbs Youth Development Center, Lenoir Complex, failed to return to the facility today following a home visit.
Juvenile in Custody of Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center Escapes During Home Visit in Hickory
The Division of Juvenile Justice reports that a juvenile in its custody placed at the Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center has escaped today during a home visit.
Public-Private Partnership Expands Proven Drug/Alcohol Treatment Model in State Juvenile Courts
Additional funding from a public-private partnership will allow for the expansion of a national substance abuse treatment model in North Carolina's juvenile court system.
Juvenile Justice Intake Decision Critical Juncture for Delinquents
When young people are called to the office of Alison Uhlenberg, her goal is that she never sees them there again.
Uhlenberg is a juvenile court counselor who makes lifechanging decisions about how the state will respond to young people who have broken the law.
Detention Center: Safe for Youths, Too
Stanley Melvin, director of the Pitt Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Greenville, found a valuable mentor in his Goldsboro High school basketball coach in the early 1970s. The late Coach Norvell Lee helped Melvin learn that he has a heart for kids.
Staff psychologist: ‘Fixing' broken youths
Dawn Thomas remembers why she is a psychologist, now working at the Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center in Concord.
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