What Happens to Your Child's Belongings and What They Can Have in Miami‑Dade Detention
When your child is admitted to detention, worrying about their belongings is natural. Here's what Miami‑Dade Detention does with personal property, what they provide, and what your child can't keep while detained.
During intake at Miami‑Dade Detention, staff inventories everything your child arrived with. Each item gets recorded so it can be safeguarded during their stay and returned later.
Note: Valuable property is identified during intake and stored in the facility safe while your child is detained.
After inventory, valuables go into the facility safe. Other items - clothing, shoes, and the like - are stored in a locked room until release.
Your child gets their belongings back when they're released. Plan on the handoff happening at discharge, not during the stay.
Provided Prohibited
- ✓ Clothing is provided for all youth while they are detained.
- ✓ Snacks are provided by the detention center every night.
- ✓ Money is not permitted while a youth is in the detention center.
- ✓ Tobacco products are not permitted at any time while a youth is in the detention center.
- Don’t send or bring money - detained youth aren’t permitted to have money while they’re in the detention center.
- Don’t attempt to provide tobacco products - tobacco isn’t allowed at any time while your child is detained.
- Plan for belongings to come back at discharge - property is released to your child when they are released from the facility.
The detention center provides clothing for all youth, so your child won't need outside clothes during their stay. Any valuables they arrived with stay secured in the facility safe until release.
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