Ohio Department of Youth Services

Department of Youth Services
Abbreviation DYS
Agency overview
Legal personality Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
General nature
Operational structure
Website
www.dys.ohio.gov

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]

Facilities

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:

References

  1. Ohio Rev. Code § 121.01 et seq.
  2. "Contact Us." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on June 3, 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility in Delaware to close " ([ Archive]). The Columbus Dispatch. November 21, 2013. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
  4. "Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "640 Island Road, Circleville, OH 43113" (seen in "directions" link)
  5. "Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "4321 Green Road Highland Hills, OH 44128"
  6. 1 2 "Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "2775 Indian River Road, S.W. Massillon, OH 44646"
  7. "Mohican Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. June 28, 2007. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "1012 ODNR Mohican 51 Perrysville, OH 44864."
  8. "A Plan for Juvenile Sentencing in Ohio." Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission. Fall, 1999. Retrieved on November 15, 2012.
  9. "SJCF Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "5993 Home Road Delaware, OH 43015"
  10. Canliglia, John. "Closing of Scioto juvenile facility raises concerns over community-based centers for female offenders" (Archive). The Plain Dealer. December 27, 2013. Updated December 28, 2013. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.

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