Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice
The Louisiana Office of Juvenile Justice (OJJ) a cabinet-level Louisiana state agency that provides youth corrections services in the state.
The full official title of the agency is Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Youth Services, Office of Juvenile Justice (DPSC/YS/OJJ). The agency has its headquarters in the first floor of the State Police Building in Baton Rouge.
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections previously handled the care of juvenile prisoners. In 2003 the Louisiana Legislature voted to turn the department's juvenile division into a cabinet level agency.
In 2004 the juvenile system separated from the adult system. It was established as the Office of Youth Development (OYD), and it was given its current name by the Louisiana Legislature in 2008.
Beginning with the creation of the OJJ, the agency adopted a model used by the Missouri Division of Youth Services, the youth corrections agency of Missouri. The OJJ worked together with that agency and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The state operates three secure institutions for boys.
The male institutions include:
The OJJ uses the Ware Youth Center to house adjudicated girls. It is located in unincorporated Red River Parish, about 3.5 kilometres (2.2 mi) from Coushatta. The center is on 125 acres (51 ha) of land. The current facility opened in 2009; the 40,400-square-foot (3,750 m2) facility includes a 26,000-square-foot (2,400 m2) administration building, several cottages, and a 3,855-square-foot (358.1 m2) training building.
Former male institutions:
Previously girls were housed in the old Ware Youth Center, the Florida Parishes Detention Center in Covington, and the Terrebonne Detention Center in Houma.
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