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.
It was established after a 1996 act of the Kentucky General Assembly.
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.
- Adair Youth Development Center, Columbia
- Houses up to 80 boys and girls
- 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
- Woodsbend Youth Development Center, West Liberty
Group Homes
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
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