The Tennessee Department of Children's Services (TDCS) is a state agency of

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that operates services for children and youth. It is currently headquartered on the tenth floor of the

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. The current commissioner is Margie Quin, who assumed office on September 1, 2022.

Juvenile facilities

The Division of Juvenile Justice operates three juvenile correctional facilities for male juveniles. In addition it contracts with G4S Youth Services, which operates the G4S Academy for Young Women, which has services for female juveniles. The G4S Academy is housed on the Clover Bottom Developmental Center campus in Donelson. The Clover Bottom complex is owned by the State of Tennessee.Benton, Ben.
Taft Youth Center's last three students moved to other facilities

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''. July 12, 2012. Retrieved on December 16, 2015. The three youth development centers for male juveniles are hardware-secured long-term confinement facilities for juvenile prisoners.Youth Development Centers
" Tennessee Department of Children's Services. Retrieved on December 8, 2012. The youth development centers serve juveniles ages 12–19. * Mountain View Development Center - Dandridge * Wilder Youth Development Center -

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Fayette County'' * Woodland Hills Youth Development Center - Nashville ** This includes the property that was formerly the New Visions Youth Development Center for female juveniles. In 2012 the state began contracting with G4S and integrated the former New Visions property into Woodland Hills. Previously it operated the following:JUVENILE DETENTION CENTERS, AND TEMPORARY HOLDING FACILITIES
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. 4/4. Retrieved on August 22, 2010. * New Visions Youth Development Center -

- The only female YDC facility, New Visions served all of Tennessee.Youth Development Centers
" (list) Tennessee Department of Children's Services. Retrieved on August 22, 2010. - Around 2012 the New Visions property was to be combined with Woodland Hills YDC. * Shelby Training Center -

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* Taft Youth Center - Unincorporated Bledsoe County **It opened around 1917. In 2011

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called for several budget cuts, so Kathryn O'Day, the commissioner of DCS, called for the closure of this facility that November, stating there would be annual savings of $8.5 million. The final three inmates were moved out of the facility in 2012. The Taft property was given to the

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, which operates adjacent adult prisons:

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