Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility

1301 Kansas Highway 264

Larned, Kansas 67550-9365

Wendy Leiker, Acting Superintendent

Business Hours: M-F 8 a.m - 5 p.m

Phone: 620-285-0300

Fax: 620-285-0301

The Larned Juvenile Correctional Facility (LJCF) has gone through several changes since its 1971 inception as Larned State Hospital's (LSH) 30-bed Adolescent Rehabilitation Unit. It separated from LSH in 1982, coming under the direction of the Social and Rehabilitation Service's Youth and Adult Services section, and then became part of the newly created Kansas Juvenile Justice Authority in 1997.

The Juvenile Justice Reform Act, passed by the Kansas Legislature in 1996, mandates that only the most violent, serious, and chronic offenders will be referred to juvenile correctional facilities. Additionally, it called for specialized services based upon offender needs.

The 132,000 square foot facility, with its perimeter fence is considered medium security. Youth residents eat, attend school, receive programming and live within the confines of one building. In the facility, each youth resident is assigned a separate room, complete with restroom facilities.

Specialized programs include:  substance abuse treatment, programming for youth residents who suffer from a mental illness or developmental delay.  Cognitive restructuring programs such as:  Thinking for a Change, Anger Management, Choices, Changes, and Challenges, Motivation to Change, Violent Offender group, and Sex Offender group.  Classes in Independent Living Skills, Activity Therapy, Parenting and vocational work program are offered.

Medical, psychological and religious services are also provided.  Youth residents attend high school classes at Westside High School, USD # 495, within the facility.

Administrative Staff

• Wendy Leiker, Acting Superintendent
• Gerald Jenisch , Juvenile Corrections Director
• Anita Ellison, Program Director
• Robert Manry, Business Manager
• Cindy Stejskal, Human Resources Manager
• Russell Wrinkle, Principal, West Side High School

Directions to LJCF