 | This article needs to be updated. (April 2024) |
| California Division of Juvenile Justice | |
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 1941 |
| Preceding agency |
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| Dissolved | 2023 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | California, USA |
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| Map of California Division of Juvenile Justice's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2) |
| Population | 39,536,653 (2017 est.)[1] |
| Legal jurisdiction | As per operations jurisdiction |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Sacramento, California |
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| Website | |
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The California Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ), previously known as the California Youth Authority (CYA), was a division of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that provided education, training, and treatment services for California's most serious youth offenders, until its closure in 2023. These youths were committed by the juvenile and criminal courts to DJJ's eleven correctional facilities, four conservation camps and two residential drug treatment programs. The DJJ provided services to juvenile offenders, ranging in age from twelve to 25, in facilities and on parole, and worked closely with law enforcement, the courts, district attorneys, public defenders, probation offices and other public and private agencies involved with the problems of youth. The DJJ underwent reorganization as required by a court agreement and the California State Legislature after widespread criticisms of conditions at its youth prisons. The agency's headquarters were in Sacramento, California.[2]
- ^ "California: Population estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. December 21, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ "About the DJJ Archived 2010-01-07 at the Wayback Machine." California Division of Juvenile Justice. Retrieved on January 22, 2010.