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Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention director outlines education, mental-health and post-dispositional programs
Summary
Director Jay Boland presented the facility’s services, capacity, education model, mental-health supports and community partnerships; council members asked about length of stay trends and recidivism.
Jay Boland, director of the Blue Ridge Juvenile Detention Center, told the council on Sept. 2 that the center provides a structured environment with education and mental-health services and serves as a local alternative to long-distance juvenile corrections.
“Students receive 6 hours of instruction daily exceeding the 5 and a half hour legal requirement,” Boland said, describing the center’s year-round school program, which operates 11 months and is staffed by Albemarle County Public Schools teachers assigned to the facility.
Boland said Blue Ridge…
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