The troposphere is the portion of the Earth's atmosphere that extends from the surface of the Earth to a height of about 3.7 miles (6 km) at the North Pole or the South Pole and 11.2 miles (18 km) at the equator.
A correctional facility is the building that many criminal justice systems use to detain offenders. These facilities may hold accused people prior to trial, convicted criminals, juvenile offenders, and other types of individuals.
Census of Juveniles in Residential Placement, in 2006 there was a day count of 92,854 juvenile 1-. offenders in residential placement facilities (Sickmund, Sladky, and Kang 2008). Correctional facilities are comparable with prisons in the adult criminal justice system (Justice. Policy Institute 2009).A primary difference between residential placement in a correctional. facility and placement in other nonsecure facilities is the use of confinement fixtures or features. to restrict juveniles within in the facility.lacement facilities (which includes correctional facilities) rose 41 percent from 1991 to 1999. The total number decreased 10 percent from 1999 to 2003, but this was still a 27 percent increase. from 1991 to 2003 (Snyder and Sickmund 2006).