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[2] For example, in Howard County, Indiana, with a population of less than 100,000, [3] the Circuit Court is a court of general jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases and exclusive jurisdiction over juvenile cases, [4] while the Superior Court 1 primarily hears criminal drug and domestic violence cases. [5]
The Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility was opened in July 2000. [1] For 133 years, the Indiana Boys School, located in Plainfield, Indiana, had served as the primary facility for juvenile males in the state. Due to the increase in male juveniles being sentenced to prison, and consequent overcrowding at the Boys School, the Indiana ...
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) operates state prisons in Indiana. It has its headquarters in Indianapolis . [ 1 ] As of 2019, the Indiana Department of Correction housed 27,140 adult Inmates, 388 juvenile Inmates, employed 5,937 State Employed Staff, and 1,718 Contracted Staff.
Indiana Industrial School for Girls, circa 1907. In 1869, the Indiana State Legislature established the Indiana Reformatory Institution for Women and Girls stating that "There shall be established as soon as possible after the taking effect of this act, at or near the city of Indianapolis, an institution to be known as the Indiana Reformatory Institution for Women and Girls."
Mandatory minimum sentences found their way into the juvenile justice system in the late 1970s out of concern that some juveniles were committing very serious criminal offenses. Mandatory minimum sentences might be imposed in juvenile court for some very serious crimes, such as homicide, and apply to juveniles in the same manner as adults if ...
Harris County Juvenile Justice Center. The American juvenile justice system is the primary system used to handle minors who are convicted of criminal offenses. The system is composed of a federal and many separate state, territorial, and local jurisdictions, with states and the federal government sharing sovereign police power under the common authority of the United States Constitution.
Four juveniles were able to get into the Indiana Statehouse and caused "significant damage" when they vandalized several offices, House chambers and other parts of the building on Sunday ...
Juvenile convicts working in the fields in a chain gang, photo taken circa 1903. The system that is currently operational in the United States was created under the 1974 Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. The Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act called for a "deinstitutionalization" of juvenile delinquents. The act ...