The Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility is a minimum, medium, and maximum state facility located eight miles (13 km) west of Indianapolis, Indiana on Girls School Road . The facility currently houses 185 female inmates ranging in age from twelve years to twenty-one years . The facility was originally established in 1907 as an all-girls school and was known for most of its history as the Indiana Girls School. In 2006, juvenile male offende...
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The Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility is a minimum, medium, and maximum state facility located eight miles (13 km) west of Indianapolis, Indiana on Girls School Road . The facility currently houses 185 female inmates ranging in age from twelve years to twenty-one years . The facility was originally established in 1907 as an all-girls school and was known for most of its history as the Indiana Girls School. In 2006, juvenile male offenders were assigned to the facility as well. In late 2007 all male offenders were transferred to other state facilities. Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility is now back to an all female facility.
In 1869, the Indiana State Legislature established the Indiana Reformatory Institution for Women and Girls stating that “There shall be established as soon as possible after the taking effect of this act, at or near the city of Indianapolis , an institution to be known as the Indiana Reformatory Institution for Women and Girls." This was the...
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