NCJ Number
112272
Journal
Corrections Today Volume: 50 Issue: 4 Dated: (July 1988) Pages: 42-44,46-48
Date Published
1988
Length
6 pages
Annotation
Scarce resources and high costs associated with the construction of secure juvenile detention facilities have challenged basic design and operational precepts common to traditional facilities and focused attention on the development of new approaches to detention care.
Abstract
Among assumptions being challenged by innovative programs are the use of maximum-security construction methods with restrictive materials and hardware, inflexible security and program levels, full service and self-contained facilities, and large capacity and regional facilities. In Tennessee and Michigan, holdover facilities are being used to house juveniles for a few hours to a few days. Intensive intervention services are substituted for comprehensive residential services. In Utah, a prototype was developed in which intake services are provided to all juveniles in the facility, and separate secure and nonsecure residential housing, policies, procedures, and services are provided to juveniles with differing needs within the facility. Other innovations include the use of local, rather than State, predispositional facilities and mixed-use facilities. Increasing emphasis also is being placed on staff-resident interaction as a means for promoting safety and security, including the use of spatial arrangements and materials that complement rather than obstruct staff efforts. 2 photographs.