History
The Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility was opened in July 2000. For 133 years, the Indiana Boys School, located in Plainfield, Indiana, had served as the primary facility for juvenile males in the state. Due to the increase in male juveniles being sentenced to prison, and consequent overcrowding at the Boys School, the Indiana Department of Corrections built a new facility.
In 2005, the Indiana Boys School was closed. Most of the boys at that facility were transferred to the Indianapolis Juvenile Correctional Facility. However, approximately 100 juvenile sex offenders who had been part of a special sex offender program were sent to the Pendleton Juvenile Facility. In addition, last year, a gang-intervention unit for gang leaders and participants was created at Pendleton.
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