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Sunday, March 17, 2013  Two Ohio high school football players who were found guilty of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl have been sentenced to at least one year in juvenile jail.

Friday, March 01, 2013  Federal authorities say platinum-selling rapper Ja Rule is in a New York City jail with a July release date.

Friday, February 22, 2013  Police say responding officers arrived in the area and saw a man running from the park carrying what appeared to be a long gun.

Thursday, February 21, 2013  An 18-year-old man who served time in a juvenile detention facility for killing his father five years ago has been arrested in New York City.

Monday, January 07, 2013  A 21-year-old woman suffered a cut to her arm and an 18-year-old woman sustained a cut to her face during the fight.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012 

Sunday, August 19, 2012  Syracuse Police say they arrested a 13-year-old and a 15-year-old on Saturday around 3:35pm after they stole a bicycle from a residence on 119 Shirley Road.

Thursday, December 01, 2011  The prison contraband scandal at a Tompkins County youth detention facility south of Ithaca is growing with today's arrests of three inmates.

Tuesday, November 29, 2011  CNYcentral has learned of a scandal at a youth detention facility in Tompkins County, in which state employees are charged with supplying contraband to inmates.

Thursday, March 10, 2011  Security videos from New York's four juvenile prisons show residents assaulting each other and staff, who say current permissive policies make the centers more dangerous.

Friday, February 11, 2011  Three young suspects, one 13, the others 14- and 16-years-old, are charged with rape in a case Syracuse Police have been working to solve for four months.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  Four youth detention centers in New York will be placed under federal oversight with strict limits on the use of restraint under a settlement reached with the U.S. Department of Justice.

Monday, June 07, 2010  The Paterson administration has proposed reforming New York's system for housing juvenile offenders with a new oversight office and tighter restrictions on who can be incarcerated.

Monday, January 25, 2010  Parents in North Syracuse wonder how far a school district can go in punishing a student for something they do on the internet.

Monday, December 14, 2009  A task force appointed by Gov. David Paterson has found serious problems, including physical abuse, at New York's youth prisons.