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North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Agency overview
JurisdictionState of North Carolina
WebsiteNorth Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention

The North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (DJJDP) was a state agency of North Carolina, headquartered in Raleigh.[1] The agency operates juvenile corrections facilities in the state. It is now a part of the North Carolina Department of Public Safety.

History

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The Executive Organization Act of 1971 created the Department of Social Rehabilitation and Control. In 1974 the name was changed to the Department of Corrections.[2]

Facilities

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The department operates four youth development centers (YDCs) and nine youth detention centers. The YDCs are state-oriented correctional facilities that provide educational and vocational courses to youth. A youth who is of age 10 or older may be committed to a YDC for a minimum of a six-month stay. The average stay of a youth in YDC is about 375 days (1 year and 10 days). The 1998 Juvenile Justice Reform Act states that only serious offenders, violent offenders, and chronic offenders may be ordered to attend YDCs. The public at times has confused the YDCs with the youth correctional facilities operated by the North Carolina Department of Correction.[1] The detention centers are regional correctional facilities that temporarily house juveniles before they receive final placement or before they go to trial.[3] The detention centers provide services to all counties except Durham, Forsyth, Guilford, and Mecklenburg, which operate their own regional youth detention centers.[1]

YDC

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The juvenile section has the following juvenile long-term commitment facilities, called "youth development centers":[4]

Girls were previously housed at the Samarkand Youth Development Center (YDC) near Eagle Springs. The 60-acre (24 ha) complex first opened in 1918 and did not have a fence.[5]

Swannanoa Valley Youth Development Center in Swannanoa held delinquent boys, including those without sufficient English fluency. It opened in 1961.[6]

Youth detention centers

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The youth detention centers are:[3]

  • Alexander Juvenile Detention Center
  • Buncombe Regional Juvenile Detention Center
  • Cumberland Regional Juvenile Detention Center
  • Gaston Regional Juvenile Detention Center
  • New Hanover Regional Juvenile Detention Center
  • Perquimans Juvenile Detention Center
  • Pitt Regional Juvenile Detention Center
  • Richmond Juvenile Detention Center
  • Wake Juvenile Detention Center

The county-operated centers are the Durham County Youth Home, the Forsyth County Youth Services Center, and the Guilford County Juvenile Detention Center.[3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Contact Information." North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Retrieved on August 8, 2010. "Physical Location: 3010 Hammond Business Place Raleigh, North Carolina 27603."
  2. ^ Cheney 1981, p. 443.
  3. ^ a b c "Detention Centers." North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Retrieved on August 8, 2010.
  4. ^ "Youth Development Centers Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine." North Carolina Department of Public Safety. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
  5. ^ "Samarkand YDC" (Archive). North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. April 28, 2006. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
  6. ^ "Swannanoa Valley YDC" (Archive). North Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. April 28, 2006. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.

Works cited

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  • Cheney, John L. Jr., ed. (1981). North Carolina Government, 1585-1979: A Narrative and Statistical History (revised ed.). Raleigh: North Carolina Secretary of State. OCLC 1290270510.
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