Missouri Division of Youth Services

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The Missouri Division of Youth Services (DYS) is a state agency of Missouri that operates juvenile correctional facilities. A division of the Missouri Department of Social Services, DYS has its headquarters in Jefferson City. The Division divides the state into several regions and operates facilities and offices in each region. [1]

Facilities

  • Montgomery City Youth Center - Montgomery City - Built 1998[2]
  • W. E. Sears Youth Center - Opened in 1962[3]
  • Watkins Mill Park Camp - Opened in 1964[3]
  • Waverly Regional Youth Center - Waverly[4]
  • Rosa Parks Center - Fulton - A center for incarcerated girls[4]

Former facilities:

  • Missouri Training School for Boys - Boonville
    • It opened in 1889. By 1948 violent prisoners had killed two boys. As a result Governor of Missouri Phil M. Donnelly removed 71 prisoners from the training school and relocated them to an adult prison. He dismissed the board of the State Board for Training Schools, the juvenile correctional authority.[3] It closed in 1983.[5]
  • Missouri Training School for Girls - Chillicothe
    • It opened in 1889,[3] and closed in 1981.[5]
  • Missouri Training School for Negro Girls - Tipton - Opened in 1926, closed in 1956 and consolidated into the school in Chillicothe.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Contact DSS." Missouri Department of Social Services. Retrieved on June 3, 2010. "Division of Youth Services 3418 Knipp, Suite A-1 P.O. Box 447 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0447"
  2. ^ "Montgomery City Youth Center" (Archive). State of Missouri Office of Administration. Retrieved on December 19, 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Annual Report Fiscal Year 2014" (Archive). Missouri Division of Youth Services. Retrieved on December 19, 2015. p. 32.
  4. ^ a b Diaz, Joseph. "Missouri Sets New Standard for Juvenile Detention " (Archive). ABC News. September 9, 2009. Retrieved on December 19, 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Annual Report Fiscal Year 2014" (Archive). Missouri Division of Youth Services. Retrieved on December 19, 2015. p. 34.

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