Who Can Visit Your Child at Palm Beach Regional Juvenile Detention Center
Trying to see your child at Palm Beach Regional Juvenile Detention Center? Start by knowing who's already approved to visit—and what to do if you need someone else added to the list.
Parents, grandparents, and legal guardians are approved visitors at Palm Beach Regional Juvenile Detention Center. If that's you, planning a visit is fairly straightforward - you're already on the approved side of the rules.
Note: Approved visitors still need to bring photo ID. Confirm the current visitation schedule before you go.
Anyone who isn't a parent, grandparent, or legal guardian can't just show up. Other visitors need either a court order or specific approval from the Superintendent (or their designee) before they'll be allowed in.
Official stakeholders - separate from family visitors - can access juvenile detention centers between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. This is a different category of access. Don't assume these hours apply to parents or other relatives.
Need to add someone to the visitation list or arrange a special visit? Contact the youth's assigned Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO). They handle additions, coordinate special arrangements, and can tell you when a court order or Superintendent approval is required.
- Contact the assigned Juvenile Probation Officer (JPO) - Ask about adding a visitor or setting up a special visitation arrangement.
- Share the details of who you’re requesting - Give the JPO the information they need to consider the request and line it up with the facility’s visitation rules.
- Follow the approval path if the person isn’t automatically approved - If the visitor isn’t a parent, grandparent, or legal guardian, the visit must be backed by a court order or specifically approved by the Superintendent or designee.
Certain professionals can visit outside regular hours when necessary - legal counsel, probation officers, law enforcement, clergy, guardian ad litems, and similar roles. Even for these visits, the facility requires signing in and following contraband and search rules.
- ✓ Legal counsel may be able to visit outside regularly established visitation times as necessary, while still following sign-in and contraband/search requirements.
- ✓ Probation officers may be able to visit outside regularly established visitation times as necessary, while still following sign-in and contraband/search requirements.
- ✓ Law enforcement may be able to visit outside regularly established visitation times as necessary, while still following sign-in and contraband/search requirements.
- ✓ Clergy may be able to visit outside regularly established visitation times as necessary, while still following sign-in and contraband/search requirements.
- ✓ Guardian ad litems may be able to visit outside regularly established visitation times as necessary, while still following sign-in and contraband/search requirements.
- ✓ Certain stakeholders (Governor, Cabinet member, member of the Legislature, state court judge, state attorney, public defender) are authorized to visit juvenile detention centers between 6:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.
Note: After-hours and professional visits are still subject to the facility’s sign-in process and contraband/search requirements.
Bring a photo ID - Palm Beach Regional Juvenile Detention Center requires it for all visitors. If you're adding someone to the list or setting up a special visit, check with the youth's assigned JPO ahead of time. That way you'll have whatever paperwork or approvals you need before you arrive.
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