Juvenile Detention Center

Parent Information

Visitation & Phone Calls

  1. Due to ongoing construction, all visits and phone calls will be completed through the NCIC tablets the youth have.  If you need assistance with setting this up, please contact your child’s  caseworker at JDC.
  2. ONLY parents/guardians or spouses may have contact with juvenile in detention.  Other family members will not be allowed to have contact unless approved in advance by Caseworker, Assistant Director, and/or Director of the JDC.  Attorneys, Clergy, Law Enforcement, Community Corrections Agents and professional counselors may plan to visit at any reasonable time.

Mail

  1. The juvenile Detention Center will provide postage for three letters per week for each child.  Parents are to provide stamps if they want their child to send additional letters.
  2. All letters to and from juveniles in detention must go through the US Postal Service.

Clothing/Personal Items

  1. All juveniles in detention shall wear JDC uniforms.
  2. Laundry will be done at the Juvenile Detention Center.
  3. The Juvenile Detention Center provides the following:
  • Toothbrush/paste
  • Comb
  • Deodorant
  • Undergarments
  • Razor
  • Shampoo
  • Lotion
  • Soap
  • Socks
  • Towel
  • Pillow
  • Pillow case
  • 2 bed sheets
  • 2 blankets
  • Juvenile Guide Book

NO Personal toothbrush or personal toiletry articles are accepted unless medically necessary or by doctor’s order.

Placement

  1. Juveniles going to placement in a correctional facility through the Department of Corrections are allowed to take limited items.  If you have questions regarding what is authorized, please contact the Department of Corrections.

Miscellaneous

  1. A caseworker is assigned to a juvenile within 24 hours of their Temporary Custody Hearing or Court-Ordered Detention, except on weekends or holidays.
  2. Only caseworkers may give out information on a juvenile in detention.  If you have questions regarding your child, please call the Juvenile Detention Center (605-367-4313) or schedule an appointment with the caseworker.
  3. All tobacco products are prohibited at the Juvenile Detention Center.