Ohio Department of Youth Services

Agency overview
Department of Youth Services
Abbreviation	DYS
Legal personality	Governmental: Government agency
Jurisdictional structure
General nature	Law enforcement Civilian agency
Operational structure
Website
.gov.ohio.dyswww

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

Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility (Pickaway County, near Circleville) - General population boys^[3]
Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility (Highland Hills) - Boys between 12 and 21 - Houses Luther E. Ball High School^[4]
Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility (Massillon) - Boys between 12 and 20^[5] - It is located where U.S. Route 30 and Ohio Route 21 intersect.^[5]
Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility (Delaware County) - Serves as a male reception center and houses all girls who are in the custody of the DYS - It is located on the Scioto River^[6]

Former facilities:

Mohican Juvenile Correctional Facility (Hanover Township, Ashland County, near Perrysville) - Located in the Mohican State Forest, between Cleveland and Columbus^[7] - Housed the Louis Bromfield High School
Training Institute of Central Ohio (Columbus)^[8]
Ohio River Valley Juvenile Correctional Facility (Franklin Furnace) - facility currently leased to Lawrence County for conversion to a temporary county jail
marion juvenile correctional facility
dys has also announced scioto will be closing in the spring of 2014

References

^ Ohio Rev. Code § 121.01 et seq.
^ "Contact Us." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on June 3, 2010.
^ "Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "640 Island Road, Circleville, OH 43113" (seen in "directions" link)
^ "Cuyahoga Hills Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "4321 Green Road Highland Hills, OH 44128"
^ ^a ^b "Indian River Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "2775 Indian River Road, S.W. Massillon, OH 44646"
^ "SJCF Scioto Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "5993 Home Road Delaware, OH 43015"
^ "Mohican Juvenile Correctional Facility." Ohio Department of Youth Services. June 28, 2007. Retrieved on March 2, 2011. "1012 ODNR Mohican 51 Perrysville, OH 44864."
^ "A Plan for Juvenile Sentencing in Ohio." Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission. Fall, 1999. Retrieved on November 15, 2012.

External links

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