States' use of private facilities, 2010

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, Working for Youth Justice and Safety

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Custody Data (1997-Present)

Q:	How do States vary in their use of private facilities?
A:	Although nationally nearly one-third of juvenile offenders were held in privately operated facilities, the use of private facilities varies substantially by State.

State	Percent of juvenile offenders held in
State	Public Facilities		Private Facilities

U.S. total	69	%	31	%

Alabama	51		49
Alaska	81		*19
Arizona	89		12
Arkansas	37		63
California	91		9

Colorado	61		39
Connecticut	56		44
Delaware	80		*20
District of Columbia	65		*37
Florida	36		64

Georgia	81		19
Hawaii	95		*8
Idaho	91		*9
Illinois	89		11
Indiana	69		31

Iowa	32		68
Kansas	77		23
Kentucky	90		*10
Louisiana	73		27
Maine	97		*3

Maryland	77		23
Massachusetts	43		57
Michigan	54		46
Minnesota	66		34
Mississippi	89		*11

Missouri	97		*3
Montana	75		*25
Nebraska	54		46
Nevada	94		*6
New Hampshire	*51		*49

New Jersey	97		*3
New Mexico	82		18
New York	45		55
North Carolina	71		29
North Dakota	*46		*54

Ohio	93		7
Oklahoma	74		26
Oregon	82		18
Pennsylvania	24		76
Rhode Island	*40		60

South Carolina	67		33
South Dakota	49		51
Tennessee	79		21
Texas	92		8
Utah	55		45

Vermont	*45		*55
Virginia	100		*0
Washington	98		*2
West Virginia	62		38
Wisconsin	61		39
Wyoming	42		59

Notes: State is where the offense occurred. The total for the United States includes 2,568 juveniles in private facilities for whom State of offense was not reported. U.S total does not include juveniles in tribal facilities.

To protect the confidentiality of juvenile residents all published data from the Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement (CJRP) are rounded to the nearest multiple of three. Each cell is rounded independently, without consideration as to row or column totals. As a result, in many tables, the internal cells do not add to the marginal totals. Rates and percentages presented from CJRP are also based on rounded totals. More information on this rounding rule is available on the EZACJRP Web site.

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Several States used private facilities for less than 10% of offenders in residential placement in 2010, but many States relied quite heavily on private facilities, placing as many as 76% of offenders in them.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://www.ojjdp.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08603.asp?qaDate=2010. Released on December 09, 2011.

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2010 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.