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The Slate Canyon program operates within the Slate Canyon Youth Center (SCYC), one of the handful of juvenile detention centers around the state of Utah.  SCYC is administered by Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS), a division of the Utah Department of Human Services. SCYC is somewhat unique in that it has two unique components. First is the Kiva Unit – a Short Term Detention unit for both male and female residents. (15 bed capacity). The majority of students who come to the Kiva unit are middle school through high school age. There are generally 300-500 students that move through the Kiva unit during a school year with an average stay of about 10 days (though many students who pass through in only one or two days). 

The second component of SCYC is Long Term Secure Care – the Horizon and Summit units  (32 bed capacity). The length of enrollment varies widely depending on the many factors within the Juvenile Justice System. Unlike the adult Justice System which sentences offenders to a specified sentence timeline, juvenile offenders are issued a guideline by the adjudicating entity known as the Youth Parole Authority (YPA).  A YPA Guideline can be as short as 3 to 6 months or as long as 5+ years, depending on the seriousness of the offense.

Though, in the JJYS system, a Juvenile is expected to work in various domains designed to reduce recidivism with the hope and expectation that progress and change can be made in a young offender.  As with the Short Term Detention, most residents of Long Term Secure Care are high school age. However, recent Juvenile Justice reform measures have passed through the Utah legislature extending the age of youth in Long Term Secure care to age 25.