Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections

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The Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) is a state agency of Arizona, headquartered in Downtown Phoenix. [1]

Adobe Mountain School is the only secure facility managed by the agency and is an associate member of the Arizona Interscholastic Association. [2] [3] The Adobe Mountain School has units for both boys and girls. [2]

The agency houses and treats seriously delinquent, violent, and Seriously Mentally Ill youth who have been committed by the Juvenile Courts, up to 19 years of age. Committed delinquents are screened for psychological, medical, social, and criminal factors, and provided with the necessary programming and treatment to make them capable of being productive members of society. Youth who successfully complete rehabilitation are eligible to be released on parole, where they are supervised by parole officers, usually in their home community.[ citation needed ]

The agency previously operated facilities in Pima County (Catalina) and in Buckeye [4] (Eagle Point), [5] Eagle Point School was in the complex. [6] and a girls-only unit adjacent to the Adobe Mountain facility (Black Canyon). The facilities, except for Adobe Mountain, closed in 2009–10. [7]

The ADJC has had 3 different directors since 2013, Charles Flanagan, Dona Marie Markley, and current Director Jeff Hood.

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References

  1. ↑ "Central Administrative Office." (Archive) Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
  2. 1 2 " Archived 2015-02-23 at the Wayback Machine ." Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. Retrieved on August 13, 2010. (Archive)
  3. ↑ "Directory of districts with multiple member schools, 2009–10 school year, AIA Archived December 23, 2010, at the Wayback Machine "
  4. ↑ "Buckeye town, Arizona Archived June 8, 2011, at the Wayback Machine ." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
  5. ↑ "$19 million prison overrun may bring cuts." The Arizona Star . October 15, 1997. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Eagle Point School." (Archive) Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
  7. ↑ Stockman, Rachel. "State closes juvenile corrections facility." 12 News. December 30, 2009. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
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