| Q: |
Do public facilities hold more juveniles than private facilities? |
| A: |
Private facilities accounted for less than half of all facilities in 2016 and held just 29% of all offenders. |
Juvenile offender population by facility operation, 2016
| Facility operation |
Number of
facilities |
Percent of
facilities |
Number of
juvenile offenders |
Percent of
juvenile offenders |
| Total |
1,772 |
100% |
45,567 |
100% |
| Public |
978 |
55% |
32,301 |
71% |
| State |
365 |
21% |
15,095 |
33% |
| Local |
613 |
35% |
17,206 |
38% |
| Private |
794 |
45% |
13,266 |
29% |
Note: Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
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- Private facilities are operated by private non-profit or for-profit corporations or organizations in which the employees working daily in the facilities and directly with the residents are employees of that private corporation or organization.
- State or local government agencies operate public facilities - the employees working daily in the facilities and directly with the residents are State or local government employees.
- Historically, local facilities held fewer juvenile offenders than state facilities, despite accounting for more than half of all public facilities. Since 2012, however, local facilities held more offenders than state facilities.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08502.asp?qaDate=2016.
Released on March 27, 2018. Adapted from the Juvenile Residential Facility Census Databook. Available on-line at: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/jrfcdb/.
Data Source: Authors' analysis of the Juvenile Residential Facility Census 2016 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.
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