The Ohio Department of Youth Services (DYS) is the administrative department of the Ohio state government[1] responsible for juvenile corrections.
It has its headquarters in Columbus.
[2] As of 2013 DYS had 525 prisoners in four facilities, with one of them scheduled to close in 2014.
Circa 2002 it had 1,949 prisoners in 10 facilities.
[3] Open facilities (all house boys): Former facilities: