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Monday, April 22, 2013  Officials with the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice are dedicating a Spartanburg garden in memory of crime victims.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Parents from North and South Carolina; along with some from Georgia, came to the Department of Juvenile Justice to attend the first ever "Adolescents Rites of Passage" workshop.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  DJJ teens are getting a new way to show their creativity, while getting important business experience.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  Columbia Police and officials from the Department of Juvenile Justice are looking for two of three escaped inmates who broke out of a DJJ van in downtown Columbia near an eye doctor's office on Taylor St.

Monday, July 02, 2012 

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) completed the first "House that DJJ Built" initiative Wednesday morning with a presentation to the owner of the new home.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  One teen has learned to weld, participates in ROTC, passed a test to receive her GED, and she’s doing it all behind the fence at the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  Three students at Fairfield Central High School are charged with assault and battery after exposing the breasts of a female student in front of a class while the teacher was absent.

Friday, October 07, 2011  Twenty-eight-year-old Gary Whisonant of Richland County is charged with sexual misconduct with an inmate while he was employed with the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Tuesday, October 05, 2010  A 14-year-old high school student returns to a South Carolina court for a hearing on whether he should remain in custody after a shooting at the school last month.

Monday, September 13, 2010  Volunteers with the Homeworks Project worked on Ollie and Thomas Milligan's home in Columbia.

Sunday, July 25, 2010  Boxing champion Paul Williams is all too familiar with fighting for change and overcoming obstacles.

Wednesday, July 07, 2010  The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice is cutting 14 school employees, closing a residential program for minor offenders, and requiring most employees to take seven days off without pay.

Tuesday, June 22, 2010  Police say the teen escaped from a patrol car when he was being transported on Percival Road.