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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 Health and Social Services. The agency has its headquarters in
Juneau The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the s ...
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Facilities

Facilities include: * Bethel Youth Facility ( Bethel) - Long term confinement and short term detentionBethel Youth Facility
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** Most residents are Alaska Natives - The geographical area served by the center includes Utqiagvik, Fairbanks, Nome,
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, and 56 villages of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta * Fairbanks Youth Facility ( Fairbanks) - Long term confinement and short term detention * Johnson Youth Center (
Juneau The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the s ...
) - Long term confinement and short term detention * Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility ( Kenai) ** Dedicated on September 26, 2003. * Mat-Su Youth Facility (
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) * 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 Ketchikan ( ; tli, Kichx̱áan) is a city in and the borough seat of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough of Alaska. It is the state's southeasternmost major settlement. Downtown Ketchikan is a National Historic District. With a population at the 20 ...
) - detention center and mental health facility. The facility was shut down on August 15, 2016..
Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility
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Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice
{{authority control Juvenile detention centers in the United States Penal system in Alaska State corrections departments of the United States Juvenile