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Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility

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Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Pickaway County, Ohio. Rated capacity: 144. Reported population: 133. Security level: Juvenile. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

144

Current population

133

Occupancy

92%

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

juvenile-mixed

Opened

—

Region

Ohio

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

A 2013 ProPublica report indicated that at the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility, one in three surveyed youths reported suffering sexual abuse at the hands of staff members.

Contact & address

640 Island Road, Circleville 43113

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: 92% · peers avg: 93% (0%)
Capacity (beds)this: 144 · peers avg: 547 (74%)

Reports

  • propublica6 Jun 2013

    Carolina, Georgia and Illinois, while other states like New York, Massachusetts and Delaware, reported no abuse. At the Paulding Regional Youth Detention Center in Georgia and the Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility in Ohio, one in three youngsters surveyed said they’d suffered sexual abuse at the hands of staff members. Stannow said the findings “show clearly that it is possible to

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Data completeness

74%

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@misc{worldprisons-circleville-juvenile-correc,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/circleville-juvenile-correctional-facility},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}