Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice
# Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice

The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice (KYDJJ) 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

### Regional Juvenile Detention Centers

* Adair Regional Juvenile Detention Center (ARJDC), Columbia
* Boyd Regional Juvenile Detention Center, (BRJDC), Ashland
* Breathitt Regional Youth Detention Center (BRYDC), Jackson
* Campbell Regional Juvenile Detention Center (CRJDC), Newport
* Fayette Regional Juvenile Detention Center (FRJDC), Lexington
* Jefferson Regional Juvenile Detention Center (JRJDC), Louisville
* McCracken Regional Juvenile Detention Center (MRJDC), Paducah
* Warren Regional Juvenile Detention Center (WRJDC), Bowling Green

### Youth Development Centers

These are places for adjudicated (convicted of juvenile crimes) youth who are to be treated.

* Adair Youth Development Center, Columbia
   * Houses up to 80 boys and girls
* 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

### Cadet Leadership & Education Program

* Cadet Leadership & Education Program (CLEP), 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

### Day Treatment Centers

* Ashland Day Treatment Center, Boyd County, Ashland
* Breathitt Day Treatment Center, Breathitt County, Breathitt
* Christian County Day Treatment Center, Christian County, Hopkinsville
* Hardin County Day Treatment Center, Hardin County, Elizabethtown
* Louisville Day Treatment Center, Jefferson County, Louisville
* Owensboro Day Treatment Center, Daviess County, Owensboro

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