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If your child is being
detained in the Fairfax County Juvenile Detention Center then
you may find the following information helpful. Minors charged
with delinquent offenses are held pending a further hearing
or disposition. Contact with parents or guardians to collect
health information is made by an administrator at the time of
a child's intake into the Juvenile Detention Center. If we have
been unable to make contact with you the first day your child
is with us or you have a medical or mental health concern, please
call a Shift Administrator at 703-246-2844.
Your child will not need money. The Juvenile Detention Center
will provide clothing, hygiene items, and food. Personal property
(magazines, books, stamps, etc.) may be delivered during the
following times:
Saturday: 9 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Monday: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Property will not be
accepted during visitation times.
Please make arrangements for prompt pick-up of your child's
property after release.
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The Juvenile Detention Center will provide
for your child's physical needs. He or she will continue to
need your moral support during this period of confinement.
The Fairfax County Juvenile Detention Center's rated capacity
allows up to 121 boys and girls in 11 living units consisting
of 11 youth each. Two trained and experienced child care workers
are on duty in each living unit from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m., at
which time all residents are placed in their rooms.
Communications between Juvenile Detention
Center staff and parents are limited while your child is being
detained . The Juvenile Detention Center staff will contact
you as soon as it is possible if:
- Your child is charged with a criminal offense as a result
of illegal conduct within the Juvenile Detention Center.
- Your child has attempted a self-destructive
act.
- Your child is removed from the Juvenile
Detention Center for emergency medical care due to illness
or injury. Please remember that parents are financially
responsible for emergency care and prescriptions.
Parents will not be contacted about
their child's behavioral problems unless the Juvenile Detention
Center staff deems it is a serious issue. Parents will learn
about their child's conduct from the court report prepared by
Juvenile Detention Center staff.
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Being detained can be a stressful and
often depressing time for an adolescent. Many youth attempt
to use these feelings to manipulate their parents and the Juvenile
Detention Center staff. While we pay close attention to a detainee's
moods, we must be careful not to play into his/her desire to
use sympathy and guilt to attain his/her own ends. The Juvenile
Detention Center may make referrals to mental health professionals
assigned to the Juvenile Detention Center if these problems
arise. If it is determined that a significant problem exists,
you will be contacted by the mental health worker or a member
of the Juvenile Detention Center Staff.
The unique nature of a correctional environment
and the responsibilities placed on the staff necessitate these
methods of operation.
The professional staff will attempt to alleviate
fears and provide guidance, leadership, and proper role model
behavior to assist each child in adjusting to the program. The
Juvenile Detention Center strives to start your child on a course
that instills clear thinking, positive behavior, and a sense
of well being and self-worth.
The program is highly structured and rules
are consistently enforced. We attempt to create an atmosphere
of physical and mental achievement in a varied schedule that
consists of:
- Girl Scouts
- Socials
- Movies
- Therapeutic recreation
- Alcohol/Drug education
- School
- Values Clarification Group Sessions
- Human Sexual Awareness and Health
- Bible Study & Religious Services
(optional)
The Juvenile Detention Center provides the
services of two full-time Public Health Nurses, a consulting
Pediatrician and Psychologists from the Fairfax - Falls Church
Community Services Board.
If you have any questions regarding any of
our programs or services please do not hesitate to call 703-246-2844
and the receptionist will put you in touch with the appropriate
administrator or staff member.
The facility address is 10650 Page Avenue,
which is located in the rear of the Massey building, between
the Fairfax County Public School Administration and the Fairfax
County Police Department Administration buildings.
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Map
and Directions to the Fairfax County Juvenile Court and the
Juvenile Detention Center
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