American Correctional Association awards its Exemplary Offender Program Award to DJJ s Aftercare program. NYC Dept. of Juvenile Justice opens Horizon Juvenile Center, located at 560 Brook Avenue in the Mott Haven section of the Bronx on January 18 and Crossroads Juvenile Center, located at 17 Bristol Street in Brownsville, Brooklyn on August 1. All residents are transferred out of Spofford Juvenile Center on August 1. DJJ refurbisheD three wings of the Spofford building. The facility was renamed Bridges Juvenile Center and reopened as an Intake and Admissions facility on December 29, the same day that DJJ vacated the Vernon C. Bain Center.
Bridges also houses state-ready youth.