| 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% |
Notes: The term ‘youth’ refers to persons under age 21 who were in a facility because they were charged with or adjudicated for an offense.
Detail may not add to total because of rounding.
- 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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