What Happens at a Juvenile Detention Center?
Custody Children between the ages of eight and 17 are taken to a juvenile detention center for a number of reasons. After being picked up by the police for suspicion of committing a crime, a young person may be brought to the nearest facility for processing. Juveniles are sent to detention when a parent cannot be located to claim responsibility for the youth. When children may be in danger in the home, they are sometimes taken to a detention facility until other accommodations can be arranged. Children who are considered dangerous to themselves or others are kept under watch at juvenile detention centers. Admittance Everyone entering a juvenile detention center is searched for weapons or drugs and personal effects are taken and kept locked up until the child is released. The intake officer reviews the arresting report or other documentation and parents are notified of the incarceration if they haven’t been called already. The intake officer makes the determination whether the youth sho
