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Department of Juvenile Justice outlines facilities, caseloads, mental-health and reentry services
Summary
The Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) presented an overview of its facilities, daily populations, community supervision, educational services and mental-health caseloads and described evidence-based community programs and reentry supports.
Department of Juvenile Justice leadership told the Judiciary — Juvenile committee that DJJ’s mission is to provide rehabilitative, evidence-based services and supervision to youth and families while fostering public safety.
Margaret Caywood, representing DJJ leadership, and Commissioner Shawanda Reynolds Cobb provided a systems overview: DJJ operates 19 secure detention centers, six long-term youth development centers (YDCs), and approximately 78 community offices aligned with judicial circuits, and it runs the state’s juvenile detention and most juvenile corrections services. The presenters said DJJ is a state-run juvenile system operating under the Georgia Code.
Caywood said the department had 9,492 active youth under community supervision in FY24, with older adolescents (including those 17 and older) comprising the largest age category.…
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