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The New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission is a state agency of New Jersey, headquartered in Ewing Township, near Trenton. [1] [2] [3] The commission, under the office of the Attorney General of New Jersey, provides youth correctional services.
The New Jersey Training School, the JJC's largest facility, houses around 300 boys. [4] It is in Monroe Township, Middlesex County. [5]
The state's other secure facilities are located in the Johnstone Campus in Bordentown. All adjudicated girls go to the Johnstone Campus Juvenile Female Secure Care and Intake Facility, which has a capacity for 52 inmates. [6] There are detention cells which may hold up to 8 girls. Normally the entire girls' area may house up to 48 girls. [7] Boys go to Juvenile Medium Security Facility-North Compound (JMSF-N) and the Juvenile Medium Security Facility-South Compound (JMSF-S); these two parts altogether may house up to 262 inmates. [6] As of 2015 about 118 boys live in the medium compound. [8]
In 1996 the state opened a boot camp for juvenile offenders. [9] The commission did a study which concluded that of the males who went to the boot camp between February 1997 and August 1999, within a two year period of completing the program 80% had later been arrested. [10]
Burlington County is a county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The county is the largest in New Jersey by area. Its county seat is Mount Holly. As of the 2020 United States Census, Burlington County's population was 461,860, making it the 11th-largest of the state's 21 counties and representing a 13,126 (2.9%) increase from the 448,734 residents enumerated in the 2010 census, which in turn was an increase of 25,340 (6.0%) from the 423,394 enumerated in the 2000 Census. The most populous place in the county was Evesham Township, with 45,538 residents at the time of the 2010 Census, while Washington Township covered 102.71 square miles (266.0 km2), the largest area of any municipality in Burlington County.
Bordentown is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population was 3,924. The population declined by 45 (−1.1%) from the 3,969 counted in the 2000 U.S. Census, which had in turn declined by 372 (−8.6%) from the 4,341 counted in the 1990 Census.
Chesterfield Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 7,699, reflecting an increase of 1,744 (+29.3%) from the 5,955 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 803 (+15.6%) from the 5,152 counted in the 1990 Census.
Fieldsboro is a borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 540, reflecting an increase of 18 (+3.4%) from the 522 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 57 (-9.8%) from the 579 counted in the 1990 Census.
New Hanover Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 7,385, reflecting a decline of 2,359 (−24.2%) from the 9,744 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 198 (+2.1%) from the 9,546 counted in the 1990 Census. The township is located in the Delaware Valley.
Wrightstown is a borough in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 802 reflecting an increase of 54 (+7.2%) from the 748 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn declined by 3,095 (-80.5%) from the 3,843 counted in the 1990 Census.
Ewing Township is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The township is within the New York metropolitan area as defined by the United States Census Bureau. It also directly borders the Philadelphia metropolitan area and is part of the Federal Communications Commission's Philadelphia Designated Market Area. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 35,790, reflecting an increase of 83 (+0.2%) from the 35,707 counted in the 2000 Census, which had increased by 1,522 (+4.5%) from the 34,185 counted in the 1990 Census.
Bordentown Township is a township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 11,367, representing an increase of 2,987 (+35.6%) from the 8,380 counted in the 2000 Census, which had in turn increased by 697 (+9.1%) from the 7,683 counted in the 1990 Census.
The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) operates state prisons in Indiana. It has its headquarters in Indianapolis. 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.
The River Line is a diesel tram-train Interurban light rail system in southern New Jersey that connects the cities of Camden and Trenton, New Jersey's capital. It is so named because its route between the two cities is parallel to the Delaware River.
New Jersey's 3rd congressional district is represented by Democrat Andy Kim of Moorestown who has served in Congress since 2019. The district combines nearly all of Burlington County with portions of the Jersey Shore region in Ocean County. Politically, it is closely divided, as Burlington has been increasingly trending Democratic in federal elections while Ocean is heavily Republican. It is one of seven districts that voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election while being held by a Democrat.
Burlington Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Burlington Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Burlington Township School District.
Bordentown Regional High School is a comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from five communities in northern Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Bordentown Regional School District. The high school serves Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, and Fieldsboro Borough. The New Hanover Township School District, consisting of New Hanover Township and Wrightstown Borough, sends students to the Bordentown district on a tuition basis for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
The Fred C. Nelles Youth Correctional Facility was in essence a prison for youth located on Whittier Boulevard, in Whittier, California. Operated by the California Youth Authority, now part of California Department of Corrections, it once quartered young people incarcerated for law-breaking until it was closed by the state of CA in June 2004. Open for 113 years, it had been the oldest juvenile facility in the state, and became registered as California Historical Landmark #947. It was closed because of the reduction in the number of juveniles being housed.
The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services is a cabinet-level state agency in Pennsylvania. The Pennsylvania Department of Human Services’s seven program offices administer services that provide care and support to Pennsylvania's most vulnerable citizens. These services include eligibility and benefits determination, foster care, juvenile justice, early childhood development, services for persons with developmental disabilities, autism services, long term living programs, management of state psychiatric hospitals, and management of the Medical Assistance physical and behavioral health care programs. The Department consists of executive offices and seven program offices that include:
Giddings State School is a juvenile correctional facility of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department located in unincorporated Lee County, Texas, near Giddings. In 2004, the state school was Lee County's largest employer.
The Connecticut Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a state agency of Connecticut providing family services. Its headquarters is in Hartford.
The Texas Juvenile Justice Department (TJJD) is a state agency in Texas, headquartered in the Braker H Complex in Austin.
