A. C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility
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The Albert C. Wagner Youth Correctional Facility is a detention facility
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...

, located on Ward Avenue in Chesterfield, New Jersey. It is operated by the New Jersey Department of Corrections
New Jersey Department of Corrections
The New Jersey Department of Corrections is responsible for operations and management of prison facilities in the U.S. state of New Jersey...

 and the current Administrator is Alfred Kandell. The facility houses violent young offenders, as well as those incarcerated on narcotic
Narcotic
The term narcotic originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with any sleep-inducing properties. In the United States of America it has since become associated with opioids, commonly morphine and heroin and their derivatives, such as hydrocodone. The term is, today, imprecisely...

s charges. As of August 7, 2009, the prison had an inmate population of 1,235.

Mission

The facility emphasizes on vocational, academic and social programs as well as individual and group therapy, substance abuse treatment and psychiatric treatment. The Bureau of State Industries operates a metal fabrication shop at the facility.

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