The Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice is a state agency of Alaska that operates juvenile correctional facilities; it is a division of the Alaska Department of Family and COmmunity Services. The agency has its headquarters in Juneau.
Facilities
Facilities include:
- Bethel Youth Facility (Bethel) - Long term confinement and short term detention
- Most residents are Alaska Natives - The geographical area served by the center includes Utqiagvik, Fairbanks, Nome, Kotzebue, and 56 villages of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
- Fairbanks Youth Facility (Fairbanks) - Long term confinement and short term detention
- Johnson Youth Center (Juneau) - Long term confinement and short term detention
- Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility (Kenai)
- Dedicated on September 26, 2003.
- Mat-Su Youth Facility (Palmer)
- McLaughlin Youth Center (Anchorage) - Long term confinement, short term detention, and home supervision
- Nome Youth Facility (Nome) - detention center, can be used for long-term confinement
- Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility (Ketchikan) - detention center and mental health facility. The facility was shut down on August 15, 2016.
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