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Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center

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Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center is a state prison located in Chesterfield County, Virginia. Rated capacity: 284. Reported population: 178. Security level: Juvenile. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

284

Current population

178

Occupancy

63%

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

juvenile-mixed

Opened

—

Region

Virginia

Security level

Juvenile

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

No conditions summary available yet.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

The Marshall Project reported that the facility experienced solitary confinement, brawls, and a lack of teachers, with teens sitting alone during the coronavirus pandemic.

Contact & address

1900 Chatsworth Ave, Richmond 23235
(804) 323-2550
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 63% · peers avg: 93% (32%)
Capacity (beds)this: 284 · peers avg: 547 (48%)

Reports

  • marshall-project12 May 2020

    enge at first,” said Kenneth Biami, a supervisor of juvenile corrections officers there whose usual responsibilities include running the control center, intake and visits. At the Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center in Richmond, Virginia, there was once a quilting class and volunteers who taught Russian literature. Now teens are sitting alone, stewing on how the virus is threatening their family

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Data completeness

74%

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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-bon-air-juvenile-correction,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/bon-air-juvenile-correctional-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-24}
}