Colorado Division of Youth Services

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The Colorado Division of Youth Services (formerly the Colorado Division of Youth Corrections) [1] is a division of the Colorado Department of Human Services and is based in Denver. The division supervises and cares for youth the district courts commit to its custody. It operates ten detention or residential facilities for youth aged 10 to 21. The division also manages juvenile parole in Colorado. [2]

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References

  1. Lee, Pete; Landgraf, Lois (2017-09-15). "Colorado's juvenile detention system has failed to improve [Commentary]". The Denver Post. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. "Colorado Department of Human Services. Youth Services" . Retrieved 2018-01-04.