Department of Youth Services Lynn

The Department of Youth Services (DYS) is Massachusetts’ juvenile justice agency. Their mission is “to protect the public and prevent crime by promoting positive change in the lives of youth committed to our custody.” They partner with many government and community organizations as well as with families to ensure their mission’s success. All youth interventions are intended to build knowledge, develop skills, and improve behavior. The majority of youth under the care of DYS have been adjudicated delinquent. Forty-five percent of those served are identified as having special education needs and 44% have been charged with having committed a violent offence.

The DYS Lynn District office sees more than 35 youth every year. The dedicated staff runs programs to uphold the DYS mission including managing individuals’ case work, running group counseling, providing food, and housing a successful General Education Development (GED) classroom. Artwork hangs in the GED classroom, entrance area, hallway, kitchen, and in the caseworkers and therapists’ offices.

To learn more about DYS visit http://www.mass.gov/eohhs/gov/departments/dys/

Martha Jane Bradford, Honeybells II, Digital drawing, , 24"x33"

Deborah Clearman, Snowy Morning, Silkscreen, 1980, 16"x20"

Jeannine Cook, The Back Corral, Watercolor, 1995, 10"x6"

Jeannine Cook, Red Oak, Prismacolor/watercolour, 16"x11"

Jennifer Erbe, North End - Thrift Store, Gelatin silver print, 1996, 11"x14"

Ginsberg-Place, Rose Colored Trees II, Photograph, 2000, 16"x20"

Edward Glannon, Airplane View of City, Watercolor, 22"x29"
Donated by Thomas Glannon & Patricia Wiley

E. C. Gower, Night Steps Down, Archival inkjet print, 2011, 30"x20"

JoAnne Hungate, Sun Dance, Watercolor monotype, 1995, 13"x9"

David R Levitt, Golden Flow, Photograph, 11"x14"

Fritz Limner, Corner, Photograph, 2007, 11"x8.5"

Fritz Limner, Entropic Compendium #3, Photograph, 2007, 8.5"x11"

Jeannie Lindheim, Ocean's Mystery, Watercolor, 2012, 17"x13"

Candy Nartonis, Still Life # 2, Screen Monotype, 8"x8"

Mark Peterson, Bicycles, Photograph, 2011, 20"x30"

Mike Ritter, Quiet Museum Room, C-print, 2004, 14"x9"

Mike Ritter, Random, C-print, 2003, 9"x14"

Tatiana Roulin, Vermont's Farm, Pastel, 2012, 22"x28"

Tatiana Roulin, Summer Bliss, Pastel, 2011, 18"x24"

Lisa L. Sears, Girl Riding With Molly, Lithograph, 16"x23"

Anne Silber, In the South of France, Serigraph, 1993, 30"x20"