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Monday, April 22, 2013  Officials with the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice are dedicating a Spartanburg garden in memory of crime victims.

Monday, February 25, 2013  Parents from North and South Carolina; along with some from Georgia, came to the Department of Juvenile Justice to attend the first ever "Adolescents Rites of Passage" workshop.

Friday, October 12, 2012  Spartanburg County deputies say a 14-year-old boy has been charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor after abusing the 8-year-old sister of a friend.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Governor Nikki Haley touring the store of hope at the state department of Juvenile Justice Monday afternoon.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012  DJJ teens are getting a new way to show their creativity, while getting important business experience.

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  Columbia Police and officials from the Department of Juvenile Justice are looking for two of three escaped inmates who broke out of a DJJ van in downtown Columbia near an eye doctor's office on Taylor St.

Monday, July 02, 2012 

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  The South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) completed the first "House that DJJ Built" initiative Wednesday morning with a presentation to the owner of the new home.

Wednesday, May 09, 2012  One teen has learned to weld, participates in ROTC, passed a test to receive her GED, and she’s doing it all behind the fence at the Department of Juvenile Justice.

Monday, January 23, 2012  It's now time for a Habitat for Humanity home constructed by incarcerated South Carolina youths to be put to good use.

Tuesday, December 06, 2011  Incarcerated teens at the South Carolina Department of Juvenile Justice are building a home as a Habitat for Humanity project.

Friday, December 02, 2011  Some incarcerated Department of Juvenile Justice teens lending a hand to families outside the facility.  Friday the agency holding a press conference highlighting a project that allows those at DJJ to help build homes for Central South Carolina Habitat for Humanity.

Friday, December 02, 2011  Teens incarcerated at The Department of Juvenile Justice are getting a chance to show off their carpentry skills.

Friday, October 07, 2011  Twenty-eight-year-old Gary Whisonant of Richland County is charged with sexual misconduct with an inmate while he was employed with the Department of Juvenile Justice.