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How is juvenile detention organized and administered from state to state?
(Updated: April 4, 2006)

 


Executive Agencies (32 states)
State executive (13 states):
Alaska, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Utah, Vermont, West Virginia
Local executive (13 states):
Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Wyoming
District executive (1 district):
District of Columbia
Local and state executive (5 states):
Kentucky, Minnesota, North Carolina, North Dakota, South Carolina

 

Judicial Agencies (5 states)
Local judicial (3 states):
Arizona, Missouri, Texas
State judicial (2 states):
Connecticut and Hawaii

 

Judicial and Executive Agencies (14 states)
Local executive and local judicial (11 states):
Alabama, Arkansas, California, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, Wisconsin
Local judicial and state executive (1 states):
Virginia
Local executive, local judicial, and state executive (2 states): 
Indiana and Michigan


© 2000 (original copyright); © 2006 (most recent copyright) National Center for Juvenile Justice

Citation: Griffin, Patrick and King, Melanie. 2006. "National Overviews." State Juvenile Justice Profiles. Pittsburgh, PA: National Center for Juvenile Justice. Online. Available: http://www.ncjj.org/stateprofiles/.


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