Custody Data (1997-Present)

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP), Serving Children, Families, and Communities

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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.

States' use of private facilities, 2006

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

U.S. total	69	%	31	%

Alabama	47		53
Alaska	71		29
Arizona	84		16
Arkansas	31		69
California	90		10

Colorado	53		47
Connecticut	51		49
Delaware	83		*17
District of Columbia	71		*29
Florida	38		62

Georgia	83		17
Hawaii	*80		*20
Idaho	88		*13
Illinois	91		9
Indiana	66		34

Iowa	35		65
Kansas	68		32
Kentucky	72		28
Louisiana	66		34
Maine	90		*10

Maryland	67		33
Massachusetts	40		60
Michigan	46		54
Minnesota	59		41
Mississippi	94		*7

Missouri	99		*1
Montana	70		*28
Nebraska	69		31
Nevada	96		*4
New Hampshire	54		*46

New Jersey	93		7
New Mexico	94		*6
New York	49		51
North Carolina	71		29
North Dakota	44		56

Ohio	92		8
Oklahoma	73		27
Oregon	83		17
Pennsylvania	28		72
Rhode Island	67		33

South Carolina	67		33
South Dakota	47		53
Tennessee	60		40
Texas	87		13
Utah	48		52

Vermont	*50		*50
Virginia	98		*2
Washington	96		*4
West Virginia	62		38
Wisconsin	63		37
Wyoming	37		63

Notes: State is where the offense occurred. Throughout the United States, there were 1,466 juveniles in private facilities and 133 juveniles in tribal facilities for whom State of offense was not reported. These juveniles are not included in the calculation of proportions for the total United States.

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 CJRP Databook Web site.

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Several States used private facilities for less than 10% of offenders in residential placement in 2006, but many States relied quite heavily on private facilities, placing as many as 72% of offenders in them.

Internet citation: OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book. Online. Available: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/ojstatbb/corrections/qa08603.asp?qaDate=2006. Released on September 12, 2008.

Data Source: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement 2006 [machine-readable data files]. Washington, D.C.: OJJDP.