Detention Services

The mission of the juvenile detention facility is to provide a safe and secure environment for youth who are detained awaiting court hearings, sentenced to detention, or awaiting other court actions.  Detention staff will provide structured program and activities that encourage appropriate interactions with others, promotes in the youth a sense of self-worth, and teaches the relationship between behavior and consequences.  Staff will strive to emulate the person we hope the youth would become by the positive, caring, and respectful manner in which we deal with both the youth as well as fellow staff.”

Detention Services provides a 24/7 secure detention facility as well as restorative justice work crew program that serves as an alternative to secure confinement. The secure facility has a current staffed capacity of 35 beds plus two intake rooms in admissions area. School program is provided by Kennewick School District.

• Secure Detention:
  • Provides secure detention services for all youth
• Medical/Physical Health Services:
  • Provides medical assessment and treatment for all youth booked into detention. Provides ongoing medical assessment and intervention for youth housed in the detention facility.
• Mental Health Services:
  • Provides assessment, intervention, service coordination and transitional planning for all youth booked into detention who are in need of mental health services.
• GED/Day Reporting Program:
  • Provided by Kennewick School District in the visitation area of the detention facility for older youth whose history is indicative of an inability to return successfully to a regular or alternative school program. Interlocal Agreement Between Benton and Franklin Counties and Kennewick School District # 17
• Graffiti Abatement Project:
  • Contract with local jurisdictions to provide youth work crews to eliminate gang graffiti in those communities.

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