Why can’t my kid be placed in secure juvenile detention rather than non-secure juvenile detention?
Juvenile detention is not considered a place of punishment in the delinquency system, other than, for the use of short-term detentions (72hr. holds) administered by a Social Worker for a youth violating a court ordered condition, or through the use of sanctions ordered by a judge for a youth violating a court ordered condition. When a youth is placed in juvenile detention as a result of a criminal offense (being alleged delinquent), an Intake Worker assesses the situation, taking into account court policy, as to whether a youth has committed a serious enough offense to hold in secure juvenile detention for the protection of the community. Minor offenses result in non-secure juvenile detention placement, or the youth is not detained at all.
