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| Location | 8 Production Way Avenel, New Jersey |
|---|---|
| Status | Open |
| Security class | Specialty |
| Capacity | 700 |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Managed by | New Jersey Department of Corrections |
The Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center (ADTC) is a secure correctional facility operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections. Its purpose is to provide treatment and incarceration for certain criteria meeting repetitive and compulsive male sex offenders who have been sentenced under the New Jersey Sex Offender Act.[1]
From its opening in 1976 through at least 1994, ADTC is a unique facility, the "only complex of its kind in the nation devoted exclusively to the treatment of adult sexual offenders".[2] The facility is located in the Avenel section of Woodbridge Township, New Jersey and in close proximity to East Jersey State Prison aka Rahway State Prison. Prior to the opening of the Avenel facility, the program occupied a housing unit at East Jersey State Prison known as "5-Wing".
ADTC houses and treats two groups of men: 1. Certain convicted sex offenders willing to engage in treatment who have been sentenced by the Court under the New Jersey Sex Offender Act to serve their sentences at the facility, and 2. Men who are not sentenced under the New Jersey Sex Offender Act, but have committed a sex offense. As of 1/1/2013, the facility had a population of 681.
- ^ "Adult Diagnostic and Treatment Center". New Jersey Department of Corrections. Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ^ Nordheimer, Jon (2 November 1994). "New Look at Jail Unit Housing Sex Offenders". New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2016.