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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. The agency operates juvenile correctional facilities.

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

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 Regional Youth Detention Center (LRYDC), Louisville

    • Youth Development Centers

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

  • Adair Youth Development Center, Columbia
  • Houses up to 80 boys and girls
  • 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: they are incarcerated for more minor crimes, such as truancy, and more serious ones, such as murder.
  • Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center, Crittenden
  • Owensboro Treatment Center, Owensboro
  • Woodsbend Youth Development Center, West Liberty

    • Former:

  • Rice-Audubon Youth Development Center

    • Cadet Leadership & Education Program

  • Cadet Leadership & Education Program (CLEP), Jackson

    • Group Homes

  • Ashland Group Home, Ashland
  • Bowling Green Group Home, Bowling Green
  • Burnside Group Home, Burnside
  • Frankfort Group Home, Frankfort
  • Frenchburg Group Home, Denniston
  • Hopkinsville Group Home, Hopkinsville
  • London Group Home, London
  • Middlesboro Group Home, Middlesboro
  • Murray Group Home, Murray
  • Westport Group Home, Louisville

    • Day Treatment Centers

  • Ashland Day Treatment Center, Ashland
  • Christian County Day Treatment Center, Hopkinsville
  • Hardin County Day Treatment Center, Elizabethtown
  • Louisville Day Treatment Center, Louisville
  • Northern Kentucky Day Treatment Center, Covington
  • Owensboro Day Treatment Center, Owensboro

    • References

    Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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