Tennessee Department of Children's Services is a state agency of Tennessee that operates services for children and youth. The agency has its headquarters on the 7th floor of the Cordell Hull Building in Nashville

Nashville, Tennessee

Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...

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Juvenile facilities

The Division of Juvenile Justice operates juvenile correctional facilities.

The five youth development centers are hardware-secured long-term confinement facilities for juvenile prisoners. The youth development centers serve juveniles ages 12-19.

Youth development centers include:

• Mountain View Development Center - Dandridge
  Dandridge, Tennessee
  Dandridge is a town in Jefferson County, Tennessee, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County. It is part of the Morristown, Tennessee Metropolitan Statistical Area....
  
  
• New Visions Youth Development Center - Nashville
  Nashville, Tennessee
  Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...
  
   - The only female YDC facility, New Visions serves all of Tennessee.
• Shelby Training Center - Memphis
  Memphis, Tennessee
  Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
  
  
• Taft Youth Center - Unincorporated
  Unincorporated area
  In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
  
   Bledsoe County
• Wilder Youth Development Center - Unincorporated Fayette County
• Woodland Hills Youth Development Center - Nashville

External links

• Tennessee Department of Children's Services