Department of Public Safety: Youth Center

Interesting Facts:

• The center served 1,640 youths in 1998.
  
  
• The typical resident was a 17-year-old male from Camden, charged with possessing dangerous substances (drugs).
  
  
• More youths were held for possession of drugs and for possession of drugs with the intent to sell than for any other reason.
  
  
• Six youths were held for murder in 1998, one for aggravated manslaughter.
  
  
• Boys outnumber girls, five to one.
  
  
• One in five of the residents is 14 years old or younger.
  
  
• The towns that sent the most residents in 1998 were Camden, Pennsauken, Sicklerville, Lindenwold, and Blackwood.
  
  
• The average length of stay was 16 days.

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