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JJC
Secure Care Facilities |
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New
Jersey Training School |
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New
Jersey Training School
P.O. Box 500
Grace Hill Road
Monroe Township, NJ 08831
Superintendent: Felix Mickens
732-521-0030
732-521-1738 (Fax) |
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The
New Jersey Training School (NJTS) is the Juvenile Justice
Commission's largest facility currently housing approximately
300 male juveniles. It was opened in 1867 as a home
for troubled youth. Today, NJTS is a secure facility
with a state of the art perimeter fence and 24-hour
armed roving patrol. residents range in age from 12
to 23 years of age with the vast majority of residents
being 16 to 18 years old. |
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The
primary focus of NJTS is to provide care, treatment
and custody for juveniles committed by the courts and
to create programs that will rehabilitate young offenders.
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NJTS
campus includes seven cottages that serve as housing
units, a full-service school, a vocational building,
recreation facilities, a medical facility and administrative
offices. |
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The
Training School offers several unique vocational opportunities
including an optical lab program which teaches juveniles
to craft eyeglasses. NJTS supplies eyeglasses to all
juvenile and adult residents in the state. Through this
program, several youth have received jobs with optical
employers after their release. Another program teaches
juveniles to care for small farm animals. NJTS offers
vocational programs in upholstery, horticulture, welding,
graphic arts, auto body, auto mechanics, building trades,
machine shop, small engine repair, and radio and television
communications. |
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