Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice
The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice is a state agency of Virginia, headquartered in the Main Street Centre building at 600 East Main St. in Richmond. The DJJ operates 30 court service units and one juvenile correctional center.
Personnel Organization
As of August 2023, the DJJ executive staff consists of seven members:- DJJ Director: Amy Floriano
- Chief Deputy Director: Dale Holden Jr.
- Deputy Director for Community Programs: Linda McWilliams
- Deputy Director of Administration and Finance: Nikia D. Jones
- Deputy Director of Legislation and Policy: Michael Favale
- Deputy Director of Reentry, Education and Intervention: Ashaki McNeil
- Deputy Director of Placement and Program Implementation: Andrea McMahon
Facilities
All DJJ secure correctional facilities are in unincorporated areas. Facilities include:- Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center - Chartered in 1906 by a private group and opened in Bon Air on a 206 acre farm in 1910, the Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls was transferred to the State of Virginia in 1914 to enable care and training of "incorrigible white girls"... Currently serving both males and females ages 11–20
- Central Admission and Placement
Closed facilities
- Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center - Opened in 1915 as the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls, it was originally established by the Virginia Federation of Colored Women's Clubs and Janie Porter Barrett. The state took over management of the facility in 1920 and began incarcerating adjudicated black females. In 1965 the facility racially integrated. In 1977 it established a pilot program where male and female juvenile prisoners lived together, and the prison began to only serve male juveniles in 1978.
- Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center - Serves older males up to age 21, it held about 230 inmates Facility officially closed on June 9, 2017, after having been slated for closure by the DJJ in March 2016
- Culpeper Juvenile Correctional Center - Housed males ages 18–20 Due to budget cuts by the Governor, Culpeper closed in June 2014 to become an Adult Women's Prison with the Virginia Department of Corrections. It had an opening scheduled for July 2017, but it was delayed until July 2018.
- Hanover Juvenile Correctional Center - It was established in 1898, and the State of Virginia acquired the facility in 1920. The complex had space for 120 prisoners. The site is now home to the and the Virginia Department of Corrections’ Pamunkey Farm agribusiness operation.
- Natural Bridge Juvenile Correctional Center - Located on a property on a U.S. Department of Agriculture Civilian Conservation Corp Camp in the Jefferson Natural Forest. - Closed on October 10, 2009
- Oak Ridge Correctional Center - Served persons with severe development issues. As of 2010 it had about 40 inmates.