Juvenile justice board taps leader ATLANTA - Georgia's Department of Juvenile Justice board members have unanimously elected...will resign from the state's juvenile justice board, effective Oct. 31.Niles...

...board members. "These schools have the greatest number of students currently being served by the Department of Juvenile Justice." Board member Ken Echols, however, said he supports a hard-line approach to juvenile delinquents. "We need to...

ATLANTA - The state Board of Juvenile Justice on Wednesday adopted a 2002 budget request laden with plans to get more nonviolent young offenders out of Georgia's overcrowded juvenile detention centers.

...Reese Jordan Thompson: Department of Natural Resources Board; $24,200; DHR Council on Aging Susan Dunwody: Juvenile Justice Board; $136,837; Board of Regents, Department of Transportation, Department of Technical and Adult Education...

...an officer and carry a radio for safety, under a $225 million budget proposal approved by the Department of Juvenile Justice Board Friday. The department's safety measures have been under scrutiny since May, when a social worker reported...

...American Civil Liberties Union. "There has been no leadership in addressing the serious issues facing youth." Juvenile Justice Board Chairman Sherman Day said the agency has done the best it could under the circumstances and welcomes the federal...

ATLANTA -- The Department of Juvenile Justice Board expects to review staff plans as early as May to fix problems of abuse and overcrowding in Georgia's youth prison system cited...

...according to figures released Tuesday by the Department of Juvenile Justice. And despite that shortfall, said Juvenile Justice Board Chairman Sherman Day, youth prisons are roomier than ever. "Compared to where we've been, this is not bad...

...prison, I realize we are fighting an uphill battle," said Judge Glazer, who also sits on the Department of Juvenile Justice board. "I see it more frequently now than I did 15 years ago. I know it sounds cliche to say it was the breakdown...

...anyone who lied about their criminal past on a job application. The order came a day after the state Department of Juvenile Justice board held an emergency meeting to adopt new hiring policies because dozens of employees had lied about criminal records...