The

Kansas Department of Corrections The Kansas Department of Corrections is a cabinet-level agency of Kansas that operates the state's correctional facilities, both juvenile and adult; the state's parole system; and the state's Prisoner Review Board. It is headquartered in Topeka ...

(KDOC) is a state agency of

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, headquartered in Suite 300 of 714 S.W. Jackson St. in

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. The former agency of the Juvenile Justice Authority (JJA), which began on July 1, 1997, was merged with the

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on July 1, 2013 to increase internal efficiencies and provide more secure operations. The KDOC operates the state's juvenile correctional facilities. In 1996, the

Kansas Legislature The Kansas Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Kansas. It is a bicameral assembly, composed of the lower Kansas House of Representatives, with 125 state representatives, and the upper Kansas Senate, with 40 state senators. ...

had passed the Juvenile Justice Reform Act, stipulating that only the most chronic, serious, and violent juvenile delinquents are sent to secure juvenile correctional facilities.

Facilities

The Kansas Juvenile Correctional Complex (KJCC) is located in

. KJCC opened and began to gain population in August 2004. The east division is for males, with capacity for 180 male juveniles, while the west division is for females. The west division, with capacity for 64 female juveniles, is the former Segregation units for the Boys. Its residents take classes through Lawrence Gardner High School and Washburn University. All classes are on site. Former facilities include the Beloit Juvenile Correctional Facility. The facility closed in 2009 and all residents were moved to KJCC.

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Kansas Department of Corrections Juvenile Services Division {{authority control State agencies of Kansas Juvenile detention centers in the United States State corrections departments of the United States 1997 establishments in Kansas 2013 disestablishments in Kansas