Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections
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Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections (ADJC) is a state agency of Arizona
, headquartered in Downtown
Phoenix
.
Secure facilities include:
These schools are associate members of the Arizona Interscholastic Association
.
The agency operated the Southwest Regional Juvenile Corrections Complex, a 200 bed complex in Buckeye
scheduled to open in 1997. It was originally supposed to be for $190.5 million, but it went $19 million over budget. Eagle Point School was in the complex. The facility closed in 2009.
Arizona
Arizona ; is a state located in the southwestern region of the United States. It is also part of the western United States and the mountain west. The capital and largest city is Phoenix...
, headquartered in Downtown
Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Phoenix is the central business district of Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is located near the geographic center of the Phoenix metropolitan area or Valley of the Sun. Phoenix, being the county seat of Maricopa County and the capital of Arizona, serves as the center of politics,...
Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
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Secure facilities include:
- Adobe Mountain School (PhoenixPhoenix, ArizonaPhoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
) - Black Canyon School (Phoenix)
- Catalina Mountain School (UnincorporatedUnincorporated areaIn law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
Pima CountyPima County, Arizona-2010:Whereas according to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau:*74.3% White*3.5% Black*3.3% Native American*2.6% Asian*0.2% Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander*3.7% Two or more races*12.4% Other races*34.6% Hispanic or Latino -2000:...
)
These schools are associate members of the Arizona Interscholastic Association
Arizona Interscholastic Association
The Arizona Interscholastic Association is the major high school sports association in the state of Arizona. It comprises most of the state's public district high schools, various charter and private schools, plus one high school in California San Pasqual High School in Winterhaven, California,...
.
The agency operated the Southwest Regional Juvenile Corrections Complex, a 200 bed complex in Buckeye
Buckeye, Arizona
Buckeye is a town in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States and is the westernmost suburb in the Phoenix metropolitan area. The population of the town as of Census 2010 was 50,876, a 678% increase from the 2000 population of 6,537.-Geography:...
scheduled to open in 1997. It was originally supposed to be for $190.5 million, but it went $19 million over budget. Eagle Point School was in the complex. The facility closed in 2009.
External links
- Arizona Department of Juvenile Corrections
- "Juvenile Corrections implements $5.36 million in budget cuts." KVOAKVOAKVOA is a full-service NBC-affiliated television station serving Tucson, Arizona. It broadcasts in digital on UHF channel 23 from its transmitter on Mount Bigelow, northeast of Tucson. Per FCC regulations, the station identifies itself on television tuners as channel 4 through PSIP...
. January 2, 2010