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Department of Youth Services | |
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Abbreviation | DYS |
Jurisdictional structure | |
Operations jurisdiction | Ohio |
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The Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government [1] responsible for juvenile corrections. It has its headquarters in Columbus. [2]
As of 2013 DYS had 525 prisoners in four facilities, with one of them scheduled to close in 2014. Circa 2002 it had 1,949 prisoners in 10 facilities. [3]
Open facilities (all house boys):
Former facilities: