Lisa Gartner

U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, a Democrat from Delaware County, said she was inspired to propose protections for juveniles in residential facilities after reading an Inquirer investigation into abuse at the Glen Mills Schools.

Jack Stollsteimer pressed outgoing DA Katayoun Copeland for a rigorous probe into abuses at the Delaware County reform school during his campaign.

A 20-year-old man was shot to death outside a Burlington City home Sunday morning.

The Council on Reform recommended that state officials improve training for everyone from juvenile judges to residential program staff; hold adults who fail to report abuse accountable in court; and improve the rigor of child-abuse investigations.

The Juvenile Law Center, which is suing the state over abuses at the Glen Mills Schools, hopes its recommendations will inform the state’s decisions surrounding an overhaul of programs for court-ordered youth.

Fractured oversight by the Department of Human Services has allowed violence to go unchecked at juvenile programs throughout the state, an Inquirer investigation found.

Caught with a handgun, a large amount of marijuana, assorted pills, and various masks, the suspects were apprehended after their vehicle struck multiple police cruisers and then a light pole while fleeing what police contend was their intended next robbery target.

Authorities would not identify the victim, found to be the only occupant of the rowhouse on the 2200 block of Catharine Street.

Gov. Tom Wolf on Wednesday ordered the state to overhaul its oversight of Pennsylvania’s juvenile residential programs.

School leaders did not provide details about the new program, which could be moot if Pennsylvania upholds the revocation of its licenses later this year.