The Indiana Supreme Court heard arguments Friday in a case that raises questions about what avenues juveniles have for seeking relief if they think their cases weren’t handled properly.

State officials say no one is serving a life-without-parole sentence for crimes committed as a juvenile.

Filmmaker Karen Grau of Calamari Productions spent six years following a jailed Indiana teenager who couldn’t read or write and had no family, guardian or legal counsel.

The idea behind CORE Academy is to help youth who are in or have just been released from juvenile detention facilities.

Marion County’s juvenile court system is being overwhelmed with child neglect cases, a spike that is a repercussion of a soaring drug problem among parents.

Nationwide, juvenile incarceration has dropped by half since 1999 — but the probations that have replaced it hold teens to sometimes subjective standards and often include electronic monitoring.