Educating Youth Held in the Justice System

Detention Homes Juvenile Correctional Centers

Local and Regional Jails

Operated by

DJJ

Educated by

DCE General/Special Education/CTE

Virginia Board of Education

Virginia Department of Education

Educated by

VDOE

General/Special Education

Educated by

LEA Special

Education

State Prisons

Operated by

DOC

Operated by Local Gov’t

Oversight by

DOC

Operated by Local Gov’t/Commission

Oversight by

DJJ

Educating Youth Held in the Justice System

Detention Homes (Youth up to 18)

VDOE Partners with LEA (General Education/Special Education)

Operates as a State Operated Program Programming is overseen by the VBOE and the VDOE Personnel are contracted through the LEA where the facility resides

Pre-dispositional DetaineeAverage Length of Stay 12-15 days

Released

Sent back to Detention Home to serve

Post-dispositional Detention

Average Length of Stay up to 6 months

Sent to a Juvenile Correction Center

as anIncarcerated Youth

Adjudicated Youth

Educating Youth Held in the Justice System

Educating Youth Held in the Justice System

Juvenile Correctional Centers (Youth up to 21)

General Education/Special EducationDepartment of Correctional Education (DCE)

Programming is overseen by DCE

Personnel are employed through DCE

Department of Juvenile Justice

Patrick (Pat) WilsonInterim Superintendent

Sharon TrimmerDirector of SPED

Patrick (Pat) WilsonInterim Superintendent

Sharon TrimmerDirector of SPED

Reception and Diagnostic CenterReceive, Evaluate, and Place

Community PlacementPrograms – Halfway Houses

Screening

ResidentialPlacementPrograms

• Focuses on transitional skills to juveniles leavingDJJ’s correctional centers

• Takes advantage of the unique resources availablein its community to meet the needs of the residents

• Residents gain additional skills to promote a continued positive adjustment and reduce the

risk of recidivism

BeaumontBon Air

CulpeperHanover

Oak RidgeAlt. Placements

Educating Youth Held in the Justice System

State Prisons

Department of Corrections

General Education/Special EducationDepartment of Correctional Education (DCE)

Programming is overseen by DCE

Personnel are employed through DCEPatrick (Pat) WilsonInterim Superintendent

Sharon TrimmerDirector of SPED

Patrick (Pat) WilsonInterim Superintendent

Sharon TrimmerDirector of SPED

Educating Youth Held in the Justice System

Adult Basic Education/GED

Jail Staff or LEA

Local and Regional Jails

Special Education

Interagency Agreement with LEA

• Programming is overseen by the LEA

• Personnel are employed through the LEA where the facility resides

• Funded/supported through VDOE

Local Government

• Varies by locality• Adult Education is not mandated for the non-disabled in local and regional jails

• Varies by locality• Adult Education is not mandated for the non-disabled in local and regional jails

Incarcerated Youth in Local and Regional Jails(between ages 16 -22)

Special Education(Mandated)

Screened for SPED

Educating Youth Held in the Justice System

ABE/GED(If Offered)

collaboration