After Arrest: What Happens to Your Child's Belongings, Clothing, and Medications at Broward County Detention Center
When a youth is admitted, staff follow a set process for logging property, securing valuables, and handling medications. Here's what that looks like—and what you should know before bringing anything.
During admission, staff inventory your child's personal property. Valuables get separated and locked in the facility safe to prevent loss while your child is in custody.
Clothing, shoes, and other belongings go into a locked storage room. Your child gets everything back when they're released.
Valuables your child had at admission are stored in the facility safe after the property inventory. This keeps high-value items secured and accounted for throughout their stay.
Everything else goes into a locked storage room until release. Your child's belongings stay with the facility during their detention and are returned when they leave.
Medication Requirements
- ✓ Medication must be in the original container from a licensed pharmacy, with the current pharmacy label intact
- ✓ Pharmacy name and address must be on the label
- ✓ Pharmacy telephone number must be on the label
- ✓ Date of dispensing must be on the label
- ✓ Name of the prescribing health care professional must be on the label
- ✓ Your child’s name must be on the label
- ✓ Dosage directions must be on the label (including route and how many times per day)
- ✓ Any warning statements (if applicable) and/or additional instructions for use must be on the label
Note: Medications must be in the original licensed pharmacy container with the current label intact. If not, the facility may refuse to accept them. Double-check the container and label before you bring anything.
No need to pack basic clothing or hygiene items - the detention center provides these for all youth.
No-money rule: Detained youth are not permitted to have money while at the detention center.
- Keep meds in the original pharmacy container - The facility only allows medication that is still in the original container from a licensed pharmacy, with the current label intact.
- Double-check the label before you leave - The label needs to include the pharmacy’s name/address and phone number, the date dispensed, the prescriber’s name, your child’s name, dosing directions, and any required warnings or instructions.
- Bring only what meets the labeling rules - If the container or label isn’t right, fix that first (for example, by getting the proper labeled container from the pharmacy) before trying to bring medication in.
- ✓ Money (detained youth aren’t permitted to have it while at the detention center)
To set up or adjust visits, start with your child's assigned Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO). The JPO approves visitation list additions and special arrangements. When you visit, you'll sign in and out on your child's Visitor's Log. Be prepared for entrance rules - visitors can be denied entry for refusing a search, not following officer instructions, appearing intoxicated, lacking proper photo ID, attempting to bring contraband into a secure area, being disruptive, or wearing inappropriate attire.
Tip: For visitation list changes or special visit requests, contact your child’s assigned Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) first.
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