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The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice (KYDJJ) is a state agency of Kentucky headquartered in unincorporated Franklin County, near Frankfort. [1] The agency operates juvenile correctional facilities.

It was established after a 1996 act of the Kentucky General Assembly. [2]

Facilities

Regional Juvenile Detention Centers

  • Adair Regional Juvenile Detention Center (ARJDC), Columbia
  • Boyd Regional Juvenile Detention Center, (BRJDC), Ashland
  • Breathitt Regional Youth Detention Center (BRYDC), Jackson
  • Campbell Regional Juvenile Detention Center (CRJDC), Newport
  • Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center (FRJDC), Lexington
  • Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Center (JRJDC), Louisville
  • McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center (MRJDC), Paducah
  • Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center (WRJDC), Bowling Green

Youth Development Centers

These are places for adjudicated (convicted of juvenile crimes) youth who are to be treated. [3]

  • Adair Youth Development Center, Columbia
    • Houses up to 80 boys and girls [4]
  • Lake Cumberland Youth Development Center, Monticello
  • Mayfield Youth Development Center, Mayfield
  • Morehead Youth Development Center, Morehead
    • Houses only girls: [5] they are incarcerated for more minor crimes, such as truancy, and more serious ones, such as murder. [6]
  • Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center, Crittenden
  • Woodsbend Youth Development Center, West Liberty

Group Homes

Day Treatment Centers

source: [7] [8]

References

  1. ^ " Contact The Department Of Juvenile Justice." Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 24, 2010.
  2. ^ " Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" ( Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 2/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
  3. ^ " Youth Development Centers Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine." Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
  4. ^ " Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" ( Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 5/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
  5. ^ " Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" ( Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 8/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
  6. ^ " Going to the Prom" ( Archive). Juvenile Justice Journal, Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. May 2008. Volume 5, Issue 3. p. 1.
  7. ^ " Department Of Juvenile Justice Facilities." Western Kentucky University. Retrieved on October 10th, 2015.
  8. ^ https://djj.ky.gov/Facilities/Pages/Day-Treatment-Programs.aspx

Further reading

External links

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