Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice
The Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice is a state agency of Alaska that operates juvenile correctional facilities; it is a division of the Alaska Department of Family and COmmunity Services. The agency has its headquarters in Juneau.
Facilities
Facilities include:- Bethel Youth Facility - Long term confinement and short term detention
- * Most residents are Alaska Natives - The geographical area served by the center includes Utqiagvik, Fairbanks, Nome, Kotzebue, and 56 villages of the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta
- Fairbanks Youth Facility - Long term confinement and short term detention
- Johnson Youth Center - Long term confinement and short term detention
- Kenai Peninsula Youth Facility
- * Dedicated on September 26, 2003.
- Mat-Su Youth Facility
- McLaughlin Youth Center - Long term confinement, short term detention, and home supervision
- Nome Youth Facility - detention center, can be used for long-term confinement
- Ketchikan Regional Youth Facility - detention center and mental health facility. The facility was shut down on August 15, 2016.