Visitation at Duval Regional Juvenile Detention Center

How to visit, scheduling, dress code, and visitor requirements

Overview

Visiting at Duval Regional Juvenile Detention Center starts with approval. Parents, grandparents, and legal guardians are automatically authorized. Anyone else needs a court order or approval from the Superintendent or designee. Want to add someone to a youth's visitation list or arrange a special visit? Contact the youth's Juvenile Probation Officer first—don't make the trip until you have formal approval. All visitors sign in and out on the Visitor's Log and go through an electronic search. Visits happen in designated areas that staff search before and after each visit. Personal items can't enter secure areas, and attempting to bring in unauthorized items can be charged as a third-degree felony. Legal counsel and other professionals may visit outside regular hours but still follow these same procedures.

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Quick Facts

  • Parents, grandparents, and legal guardians are approved visitors at Duval Regional Juvenile Detention Center.
  • Anyone not in those categories needs a court order or approval from the Superintendent or designee to visit a detained youth.
  • All visitors must sign in and sign out on the Visitor’s Log for the youth being visited.
  • Visitors are subject to electronic search, designated visit areas are searched before and after visits, and bringing unauthorized items can be a third‑degree felony.

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Common Questions

Who is allowed to visit a youth at Duval Regional Juvenile Detention Center?

Parents, grandparents, and legal guardians are approved visitors at Duval Regional Juvenile Detention Center. All other visitors must have a court order or approval from the Superintendent or designee before visiting.

How do I get added to a youth’s approved visitation list at Duval Regional?

Contact the youth’s Juvenile Probation Officer to request that someone be added to the approved visitation list or to arrange a special visit. Don’t travel to the facility until you’ve received formal approval.

What can cause me to be denied entry or have a visit ended at Duval Regional?

You can be denied entry or removed for disruptive behavior, refusing a search, not following officer instructions, being under the influence, lacking photo ID, or trying to bring in contraband. A terminated visit can also lead to suspension of future visitation at the Superintendent's discretion.

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