The Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) is a state agency of

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...

. It has its headquarters in the Delaware Youth and Family Center (DYFC), located in unincorporated

New Castle County New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...

, near Wilmington.

Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services

The Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services (DYRS) operates juvenile correctional facilities. The division has some pretrial facilities. The New Castle County Detention Center (NCCDC) is a 64 bed secure pretrial facility. It is Building 12 at the 963 Centre Road complex in unincorporated

. The William Marion Stevenson House Detention Center, which houses 55 pretrial children, is located in

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. The Ferris School for Boys, with capacity for 80 boys, is the secure facility for adjudicated males. The Ferris School, which opened in 1997, is located in unincorporated New Castle County. The Mowlds Cottage is a transition program for juveniles who are about to re-enter the free world, as well as juveniles who are committed for a short period of time. The Grace and Snowden Cottages are facilities for adjudicated females, and males, respectively. The three cottages are in the 1825 Faulkland Road complex in unincorporated New Castle County. Male juveniles of ages 16 through 18 who are sentenced as adults by the Delaware Superior Court or who are found "non-amenable" by a Delaware family court are held in the Young Criminal Offenders Program (YCOP) in the

Delaware Department of Correction The Delaware Department of Correction is a state agency of Delaware that manages state prisons. It has its headquarters in the Central Administration Building in Dover. At one time the headquarters was located in Smyrna. Prisons * Delores J. Ba ...

Howard R. Young Correctional Institution The Howard R. Young Correctional Institution, colloquially known as Gander Hill Prison, is a state prison for male inmates in Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, owned and operated by the Delaware Department of Correction The Delaware Dep ...

in Wilmington. The YCOP can hold 40 boys and is segregated from the adult male population.Howard R. Young Correctional Institution
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. Retrieved on August 30, 2010.

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Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families
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