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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies

Connecticut Juvenile Training School

Agency Web page | Statutory Authority | Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State Library Collections | List of Commissioners

Agency Web page :
Not available

Statutory Authority :
CGS Titles 27 and 28

Agency History :

1999, April, state approves $39 million for construction of new juvenile correctional center in Middletown.
1999, construction begins.
2001, August; Connecticut Juvenile Training School opens at 1225 Silver Street. Administered by the Dept of Children and Families
2005, August 1, Governor Rell orders school closed by 2008.

Published Histories/Articles :
Hartford Courant, “Rell Closing Boys’ Prison”, August 2, 2005, p.1, A8.

Agency Documents in the State Library Collections:
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for publications by the agency available in the State Library:

Connecticut Juvenile Training School.

Annual Reports are located in :

[CSL Call Number ConnDoc Ch55cjts anre]

State Archives Record Group :
Not available

List of Superintendents :

Name

Years of Service

Lesley Mara 2002
Brett Rayford (Acting) 2003
John Dixon 2004-2005

Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 7/2008.