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Juveniles in Corrections
Facility Characteristics
Q: Do public facilities hold more youth than private facilities?
A: Private facilities accounted for 40% of all facilities in 2018; these facilities held 27% of all youth in placement.

Youth held for an offense in residential placement by facility operation, 2018

Facility operation Number of
facilities		 Percent of
facilities		 Percent of
youth		 Percent of
youth
Total 1,510 100% 37,529 100%
Public 903 60% 27,469 73%
  State 331 22% 13,221 35%
  Local 572 38% 14,248 38%
Private 607 40% 10,060 27%

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.
  • Local facilities accounted for 63% of all public facilities; these facilities held 52% of youth in public facilities on the census date in 2018.
Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: https://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08502.asp?qaDate=2018. Released on May 15, 2020.

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 2018 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.

 

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