Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice

The Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) is a state agency of Virginia, headquartered in the Main Street Centre building at 600 East Main St. in Richmond.^[1] The DJJ operates 30 court service units and one juvenile correctional center.^[2]

Personnel Organization

As of August 2023, the DJJ executive staff consists of seven members:^[3]

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:^[4]

Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center (Chesterfield County) - Chartered in 1906 by a private group and opened in Bon Air on a 206 acre^[5] farm in 1910, the Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls was transferred to the State of Virginia in 1914^[6] to enable care and training of "incorrigible white girls"^[7]... Currently serving both males and females ages 11–20^[8]
Central Admission and Placement (Chesterfield County)^[9]

Closed facilities

Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center (Hanover County) - 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.^[10]
Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center (Powhatan County) - Serves older males up to age 21, As of 2015^[update] it held about 230 inmates^[11] Facility officially closed on June 9, 2017, after having been slated for closure by the DJJ in March 2016^[12]
Culpeper Juvenile Correctional Center (Culpeper County) - Housed males ages 18–20^[13] 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.^[14] It had an opening scheduled for July 2017, but it was delayed until July 2018.^[15]
Hanover Juvenile Correctional Center (Hanover County) - It was established in 1898, and the State of Virginia acquired the facility in 1920. The 1,808-acre (732 ha) complex had space for 120 prisoners.^[16] The site is now home to the Virginia Public Safety Training Center and the Virginia Department of Corrections’ Pamunkey Farm agribusiness operation.^[17]
Natural Bridge Juvenile Correctional Center (Rockbridge County) - Located on a 100-acre (40 ha) property on a U.S. Department of Agriculture Civilian Conservation Corp Camp in the Jefferson Natural Forest. - Closed on October 10, 2009^[18]
Oak Ridge Correctional Center (Chesterfield County) - Served persons with severe development issues. As of 2010 it had about 40 inmates.^[19]

References

^ "Home." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 13, 2010. "Department of Juvenile Justice 700 East Franklin Street, 4th Floor, Richmond, VA 23219."
^ https://www.djj.virginia.gov/documents/policy/data-research/publications/DJJ%20Transformation%20Plan%202022%20Update.pdf
^ "DJJ executive staff". virginia department of juvenile justice. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ "Residential Programs." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
^ Phillips, Louis C. (1914). Pollard's Code Biennial 1914: Containing All Statutes of a General and Permanent Nature Passed by the General Assembly of Virginia. Richmond, VA: Everett Wadey Co. pp. 424–426. Retrieved 3 July 2018. and all its property, consisting of a tract of land in the County of Chesterfield Virginia, containing two hundred and six acres
^ Shepherd, Samuel C. Jr (2001). Avenues of Faith: Shaping the Urban Religious Culture of Richmond, Virginia. Tuscaloosa and London: University of Alabama Press. p. 120. ISBN 0-8173-1076-2. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ Report of State Board of Charities and Corrections. Richmond, VA: Virginia. Dept. of Public Welfare. 30 September 1910. p. 46. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
^ "Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 13, 2010. "Address: 1900 Chatsworth Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23235"
^ "[1]." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice.
^ "Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
^ "Beaumont Juvenile Correctional Center." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on December 15, 2015. "3500 Beaumont Road, Beaumont, Virginia 23014"
^ "[2]."
^ "Culpeper Juvenile Correctional Center." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
^ "[3]" Fredericksburg.com Retrieved September 18, 2017.
^ Simmons, Rhonda (2017-07-12). "Planned Culpeper women's prison delayed, again". Culpeper Star-Exponent. Retrieved 2018-10-07.
^ "Hanover Juvenile Correctional Center." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.
^ https://vpstc.virginia.gov/about.htm
^ "Natural Bridge Juvenile Correctional Center" (Archive). Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on December 15, 2015.
^ "Oak Ridge Juvenile Correctional Center." Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on August 13, 2010.