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The Dallas County Juvenile Department (DCJD) is the second largest juvenile services department in the State of Texas. It is comprised of approximately 1,000 employees throughout the divisions of Administrative and Executive, Budget, Clinical, Detention, Education, Legal, Probation, and Residential. It operates five secure and three nonsecure ...
McLennan County State Juvenile Correctional Facility. 116 Burleson Road Mart, TX 76664 Phone: (254) 297-8200 Fax: (254) 297-8392.
The Dr. Jerome McNeil, Jr. Detention Center is located at the Henry Wade Juvenile Justice Center. Youth who have been detained by law enforcement are processed through the detention center.
Here at TJJD, our staff commit every day to keeping Texas communities safe and helping young people find a brighter, law-abiding future worth living. We believe deeply that the critical public service we provide is integral to keeping Texas strong.
Juvenile detention facilities, and state-level secure facilities, are designed to be protective, not punitive. Youth are able to continue their education, receive treatment and learn skills that help them gain control of their negative behaviors.
In criminal justice systems, a youth detention center, known as a juvenile detention center (JDC), [1] juvenile detention, juvenile jail, juvenile hall, or more colloquially as juvie/juvy or the Juvey Joint, also sometimes referred to as observation home or remand home [2] is a prison for people under the age of majority, to which they have ...
What is juvenile detention? Juvenile detention is short-term confinement, primarily used after a youth has been arrested, but before a court has determined the youth’s innocence or guilt.
Black youth there are 8.7 times more likely to be incarcerated than their White peers. In Louisiana, it’s about six times more, and nationwide about four times, all according to data from The Sentencing Project. Meanwhile, as of this summer, there are no girls incarcerated in the state of Hawaii.
It outlines the academic characteristics and challenges of youth in the juvenile justice system (including those in detention and long-term secure residential facilities, and under probation supervision) and interventions aimed at improving educational outcomes for this high-risk population.
The report draws on reliable data and relevant research to provide a comprehensive and insightful view of youth victims and offending by youth, and what happens to them when they enter the juvenile justice system.