Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

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
  • Lincoln Village Regional Juvenile Detention Center (LVRJDC), Elizabethtown
  • McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center (MRJDC), Paducah
  • Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center (WRJDC), Bowling Green
  • Louisville Metro Youth Detention Services (LMYDS), Louisville

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]
  • Audubon Youth Development Center, Louisville
  • Green River Youth Development Center, Cromwell
  • 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
  • Owensboro Treatment Center, Owensboro
  • Woodsbend Youth Development Center, West Liberty

Former:

  • Rice-Audubon Youth Development Center[7]

Cadet Leadership & Education Program
  • Cadet Leadership & Education Program (CLEP), Jackson

Group Homes

Day Treatment Centers

[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 2015-12-23 at WebCite." 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. "Annual Report Fiscal Year 2003" (Archive). Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice. p. 7/36. Retrieved on December 23, 2015.
  8. "Department Of Juvenile Justice Facilities." Western Kentucky University. Retrieved on October 10th, 2015.

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