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The Massachusetts Department of Youth Services (DYS) is a state agency of Massachusetts.Its administrative office is headquartered in 600 Washington Street, Boston. [1] The agency operates the state's juvenile justice services and facilities for incarcerated children.
The Juvenile Court Department of Massachusetts has general jurisdiction over delinquency, children in need of services (CHINS), care and protection petitions, adult contributing to a delinquency of a minor cases, adoption, guardianship, termination of parental rights proceedings, and youthful offender cases.
Reinventing Juvenile Justice, (chapter 5: What Works with Juvenile Offenders: The Massachusetts Experiment), Barry Krisberg and James Austin, Sage, 1993, ISBN 0-8039-4828-X (cl) The Massachusetts Experience: A Historical Review of Reform in the Department of Youth Services, Edward J. Loughran, Social Justice, 1997, vol. 24, issue 4, p170
A second court reorganization in 1992 greatly expanded the Juvenile Court Department and ended trial de novo in the District Court Department. It also replaced Administrative Justices with Chief Justices and created a central office headed by the Chief Justice for Administration and Management. [23]
Chatham, Mass. resident John Sheeran, 15, ... “I question the justice system in this case significantly, but I’m very pleased with the probation,” Redding said.
Now the former correction officer finds herself behind bars, according to the Department of Juvenile Justice. Juvenile correction officer fired, arrested for giving inmates contraband, officials ...
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The Massachusetts Trial Court Probation Service, more commonly referred to as the Massachusetts Probation Service (MPS), is the Commonwealth's primary supervisory law enforcement agency. Created in 1878, it is the first Probation agency established in the United States.