What are the advantages of having the detention facility in our community?
It will:
  • Allow juvenile probation to collaborate with local medical, mental health, drug and alcohol care providers, social services, and the school district to ensure decisions made are in the best interest of youth and families
  • Enable Juvenile Probation the opportunity to provide youth and their families with needed services in a centrally located facility
  • Guarantee bed space for those youth needing to be detained
  • Provide a better opportunity to address the youth's delinquency and protect the community in a safer and more cost efficient manner
  • Provide the best opportunity to impact youth's behavior

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1. How secure is the detention facility?
2. Why do some youth need to be detained?
3. Will it just be a detention facility?
4. What are the advantages of having the detention facility in our community?
5. What criteria are used to determine if a youth is to be detained?
6. How long can individual youth be detained in the Detention Facility?
7. How will the facility maintain control of the youth who are detained?
8. Are the youth allowed visitors?
9. If you are not a parent or guardian, can you visit?
10. How are juveniles released?
11. Can I tour the facility if I am over 18 years of age?
12. Can I bring my child on a tour of the facility?
13. Can I drop my child off at detention to teach them a lesson?