Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

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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

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References

Further reading

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