Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Gajanan is an editor at TIME. A Michigan judge has sparked backlash after a new report found she sentenced a Black teenager to a juvenile detention facility for a ...

A Michigan judge declined to release a teenager who was placed in juvenile detention after not doing her homework, saying the girl is “blooming there, but there is more work to be done,” The Detroit ...

A Michigan teen who was jailed in juvenile detention in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, in essence for not doing her homework, has been officially released from her probation following an ...

On July 14, ProPublica published an exposé detailing the case of a 15-year-old who was sent to the Children’s Village juvenile detention center in Pontiac, Michigan for failure to complete online ...

OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. (WXYZ) — Another protest was held overnight to “Free Grace,” the teenager in juvenile detention for violating probation by not completing ...

Grace, 15, was sentenced to juvenile detention in May for not completing her school work, which was deemed a violation of her probation. The Michigan teenager was put on probation in November after ...