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. The agency operates juvenile correctional facilities.

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
 * Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Center (JRJDC), Louisville
 * McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center (MRJDC), Paducah
 * Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center (WRJDC), Bowling Green
 * 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

 * Ashland Group Home, Ashland
 * Burnside Group Home, Burnside
 * Frankfort Group Home, Frankfort
 * Frenchburg Group Home, Denniston
 * Hopkinsville Group Home, Hopkinsville
 * Jackson Group Home, Jackson
 * London Group Home, London
 * Middlesboro Group Home, Middlesboro
 * Westport Group Home, Louisville

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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