The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice (KYDJJ) is a state agency of Kentucky headquartered in unincorporated Franklin County, near Frankfort."Contact The Department Of Juvenile Justice ." Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 24, 2010. The agency operates juvenile correctional facilities.
It was established after a 1996 act of the Kentucky General Assembly."Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" (Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 2/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
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), Lyndon
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."Youth Development Centers ." Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on December 23, 2015. Adair Youth Development Center, Columbia Houses up to 80 boys and girls"Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" (Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 5/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015. Lake Cumberland Youth Development Center, Monticello Mayfield Youth Development Center, Mayfield Morehead Youth Development Center, Morehead Houses only girls:"Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" (Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 8/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015. they are incarcerated for more minor crimes, such as truancy, and more serious ones, such as murder."Going to the Prom" (Archive). Juvenile Justice Journal, Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. May 2008. Volume 5, Issue 3. p. 1. Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center, Crittenden Woodsbend Youth Development Center, West Liberty
Group Homes Ashland Group Home, Ashland Burnside Group Home, Burnside Frankfort Group Home, Frankfort Frenchburg Group Home, Denniston Hopkinsville Group Home, Hopkinsville Jackson Group Home, Jackson London Group Home, London Middlesboro Group Home, Middlesboro Westport Group Home, Louisville
Day Treatment Centers Ashland Day Treatment Center, Boyd County, Ashland Breathitt Day Treatment Center, Breathitt County, Breathitt Christian County Day Treatment Center, Christian County, Hopkinsville Hardin County Day Treatment Center, Hardin County, Elizabethtown Louisville Day Treatment Center, Jefferson County, Louisville Owensboro Day Treatment Center, Daviess County, Owensboro
source:"Department Of Juvenile Justice Facilities." Western Kentucky University. Retrieved on October 10th, 2015.
References
Further reading "Kentucky's 2014 Juvenile Justice Reform" (Archive). Pew Charitable Trusts, July 2014.
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