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Armadale Juvenile Correctional Centre was built to accommodate 40 girls. It is operated by the Department of Correctional Services for the Ministry of National Security.On 22 May 2009 a fire went through the facility killing 5 girls and injuring 13 girls. The 45 surviving prisoners who were aged 13 to 16 were temporarily placed in the Stony Hill Heart Academy in St. Andrew Parish and the Horizon Remand Centre in west Kingston.