The full official title of the agency is Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Youth Services, Office of Juvenile Justice (DPSC/YS/OJJ).
The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections previously handled the care of juvenile prisoners.
[3] In 2003 the Louisiana Legislature voted to turn the department's juvenile division into a cabinet level agency.
OJJ contracts with community treatment providers in non-secure, residential settings (group homes and therapeutic foster care) to place adjudicated youth into.
OJJ is also tasked with the responsibility of providing probation and parole supervision for adjudicated youth throughout the state.