Residential Programs
Barrett Juvenile Correctional Center
11391 Barrett Center Road
Mechanicsville , Virginia 23116
Mechanicsville , Virginia 23116
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 527
Hanover , Virginia 23069
Hanover , Virginia 23069
Overseeing Superintendent(s)
:
Sharon P. Havens
Phone:
(804)746-2135
Barrett Training Unit
:
(804)730-1187
Hours:
No Hours Available.
Janie Porter Barrett and the Virginia Federation of Colored Women's Clubs founded the Virginia Industrial School for Colored Girls in 1915 for black girls who had exhibited delinquent behavior. The school was absorbed by the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1920, and began to serve as a training school for black girls who had been committed to the state's justice system. After integration in 1965, the facility continued to serve young girls until a pilot co-ed program began in 1977. In 1978, Barrett began serving an all-male population.
Barrett received a three-year $1.8 million dollar Federal grant to add intensive substance abuse services to the existing operation in 1993, and that program became a national model of substance abuse treatment programs for juveniles.
In 2005, Virginia's Department of Juvenile Justice was mandated by the General Assembly to develop a utilization plan to maximize the use of the Department's resources. After a comprehensive review of all the juvenile correctional centers and their assets, Barrett was chosen to close due to its proximity to other Richmond area facilities and identified physical plant renovation requirements. Wards were moved to other facilities, staff members were reassigned, and the physical mothballing of the facility was completed. Barrett was vacated on April 30, 2005.
Portions of the facility are currently used to supplement the Department's Training Unit.
Barrett received a three-year $1.8 million dollar Federal grant to add intensive substance abuse services to the existing operation in 1993, and that program became a national model of substance abuse treatment programs for juveniles.
In 2005, Virginia's Department of Juvenile Justice was mandated by the General Assembly to develop a utilization plan to maximize the use of the Department's resources. After a comprehensive review of all the juvenile correctional centers and their assets, Barrett was chosen to close due to its proximity to other Richmond area facilities and identified physical plant renovation requirements. Wards were moved to other facilities, staff members were reassigned, and the physical mothballing of the facility was completed. Barrett was vacated on April 30, 2005.
Portions of the facility are currently used to supplement the Department's Training Unit.