Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice
The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice is a state agency of Kentucky headquartered in unincorporated Franklin County, near Frankfort. The agency operates juvenile correctional facilities.
It was established after a 1996 act of the Kentucky General Assembly.Facilities
- Adair Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Columbia
- Boyd Regional Juvenile Detention Center,, Ashland
- Breathitt Regional Youth Detention Center, Jackson
- Campbell Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Newport
- Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Lexington
- Lincoln Village Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Elizabethtown
- McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Paducah
- Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center, Bowling Green
- Louisville Metro Youth Detention Services, Louisville
These are places for adjudicated youth who are to be treated.
- Adair Youth Development Center, Columbia
- * Houses up to 80 boys and girls
- Audubon Youth Development Center, Louisville
- Green River Youth Development Center, Cromwell
- Lake Cumberland Youth Development Center, Monticello
- Mayfield Youth Development Center, Mayfield
- Morehead Youth Development Center, Morehead
- * Houses only girls: they are incarcerated for more minor crimes, such as truancy, and more serious ones, such as murder.
- Northern Kentucky Youth Development Center, Crittenden
- Owensboro Treatment Center, Owensboro
- Woodsbend Youth Development Center, West Liberty
Former:
- Rice-Audubon Youth Development Center
- Cadet Leadership & Education Program, Jackson
Group Homes
- Ashland Group Home, Ashland
- Bowling Green Group Home, Bowling Green
- Burnside Group Home, Burnside
- Frankfort Group Home, Frankfort
- Frenchburg Group Home, Denniston
- Hopkinsville Group Home, Hopkinsville
- London Group Home, London
- Middlesboro Group Home, Middlesboro
- Murray Group Home, Murray
- Westport Group Home, Louisville
- Ashland Day Treatment Center, Ashland
- Christian County Day Treatment Center, Hopkinsville
- Hardin County Day Treatment Center, Elizabethtown
- Louisville Day Treatment Center, Louisville
- Northern Kentucky Day Treatment Center, Covington
- Owensboro Day Treatment Center, Owensboro
