The North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DJJDP) was a state agency of
North Carolina
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, headquartered in
Raleigh
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[Contact Information]
" North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Retrieved on August 8, 2010. "Physical Location: 3010 Hammond Business Place Raleigh, North Carolina 27603." The agency operates juvenile corrections facilities in the state. It is now a part of the
North Carolina Department of Public Safety
The North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) is an umbrella agency that carries out many of the state's law enforcement, emergency response and homeland security functions. The department was created in 1977 as the Department of Crime Co ...
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Facilities
The department operates four youth development centers (YDCs) and nine youth detention centers. The YDCs are state-oriented correctional facilities that provide educational and vocational courses to youth. A youth who is of age 10 or older may be committed to a YDC for a minimum of a six-month stay. The average stay of a youth in YDC is about 375 days (1 year and 10 days). The 1998 Juvenile Justice Reform Act states that only serious offenders, violent offenders, and chronic offenders may be ordered to attend YDCs. The public at times has confused the YDCs with the youth correctional facilities operated by the
North Carolina Department of Correction
The North Carolina Department of Correction (NCDOC) is the agency responsible for corrections in the U.S. state of North Carolina. NCDOC merged with several departments in 2012, and now falls under the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.
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The detention centers are regional correctional facilities that temporarily house juveniles before they receive final placement or before they go to trial.
[Detention Centers]
" North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Retrieved on August 8, 2010. The detention centers provide services to all counties except
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, which operate their own regional youth detention centers.
YDC
The juvenile section has the following juvenile long-term commitment facilities, called "youth development centers":
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Stonewall Jackson Youth Development Center near
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*C. A. Dillon Youth Development Center in
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History
A bill passed by the North Carolina General ...
- Serves boys
*Chatham Youth Development Center in the Central Carolina Business Park in
Siler City - Houses girls and boys - Opened in 2008
*Dobbs Youth Development Center - Near
Kinston - Serves boys, opened in 1944
Girls were previously housed at the Samarkand Youth Development Center (YDC) near
Eagle Springs. The complex first opened in 1918 and did not have a fence.
Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center in
Swannanoa held delinquent boys, including those without
sufficient English fluency. It opened in 1961.
Swannanoa Valley YDC
Archive
. North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. April 28, 2006. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
Youth detention centers
The youth detention centers are:
See also
*Government of North Carolina
The government of North Carolina is divided into three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. These consist of the Council of State (led by the Governor), the bicameral legislature (called the General Assembly), and the state court system ...
References
External links
North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
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State agencies of North Carolina
Juvenile detention centers in the United States
State corrections departments of the United States