Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families
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Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth, and Their Families (DSCYF) is a state agency of Delaware
. It has its headquarters in the Delaware Youth and Family Center (DYFC), located in unincorporated
New Castle County
, near Wilmington
.
The division has some pretrial facilities. The New Castle County Detention Center (NCCDC) is a 64 bed secure pretrial facility. It is Building 12 at the 963 Centre Road complex in unincorporated
New Castle County
. The William Marion Stevenson House Detention Center, which houses 55 pretrial children, is located in Milford
.
The Ferris School for Boys, with capacity for 80 boys, is the secure facility for adjudicated males. The Ferris School, which opened in 1997, is located in unincorporated New Castle County. The Mowlds Cottage is a transition program for juveniles who are about to re-enter the free world. The Grace and Snowden Cottages are facilities for adjudicated males and females. They are in the 1825 Faulkland Road complex in unincorporated New Castle County.
Male juveniles of ages 16 through 18 who are sentenced as adults by the Delaware Superior Court or who are found "non-amenable" by a Delaware family court are held in the in the Young Criminal Offenders Program (YCOP) in the Delaware Department of Correction Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington
. The YCOP can hold 40 boys and is segregated from the adult male population.
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
. It has its headquarters in the Delaware Youth and Family Center (DYFC), located in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In 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...
New Castle County
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 its population was 538,479, an increase of 7.6% over the previous decade. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of...
, near Wilmington
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
.
Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services
The Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services (DYRS) operates juvenile correctional facilities.The division has some pretrial facilities. The New Castle County Detention Center (NCCDC) is a 64 bed secure pretrial facility. It is Building 12 at the 963 Centre Road complex in unincorporated
Unincorporated area
In 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...
New Castle County
New Castle County, Delaware
New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware. As of 2010 its population was 538,479, an increase of 7.6% over the previous decade. The county seat is Wilmington. The center of population of Delaware is located in New Castle County, in the town of...
. The William Marion Stevenson House Detention Center, which houses 55 pretrial children, is located in Milford
Milford, Delaware
Milford is a city in Kent and Sussex counties in the U.S. state of Delaware. According to the 2010 census, the population of the city is 9,559....
.
The Ferris School for Boys, with capacity for 80 boys, is the secure facility for adjudicated males. The Ferris School, which opened in 1997, is located in unincorporated New Castle County. The Mowlds Cottage is a transition program for juveniles who are about to re-enter the free world. The Grace and Snowden Cottages are facilities for adjudicated males and females. They are in the 1825 Faulkland Road complex in unincorporated New Castle County.
Male juveniles of ages 16 through 18 who are sentenced as adults by the Delaware Superior Court or who are found "non-amenable" by a Delaware family court are held in the in the Young Criminal Offenders Program (YCOP) in the Delaware Department of Correction Howard R. Young Correctional Institution in Wilmington
Wilmington, Delaware
Wilmington is the largest city in the state of Delaware, United States, and is located at the confluence of the Christina River and Brandywine Creek, near where the Christina flows into the Delaware River. It is the county seat of New Castle County and one of the major cities in the Delaware Valley...
. The YCOP can hold 40 boys and is segregated from the adult male population.