Maricopa County Juvenile Detention - Durango Facility

When a child under 18 is held in juvenile detention in Maricopa County, the child is usually taken to the Maricopa County Juvenile Detention - Durango Facility, 3131 W. Durango St., Phoenix, AZ 85009, 602-506-4011. Call and give your name, how you are related, and your child's full name and date of birth. The officer who takes a child into custody must make a good faith effort to tell a parent, guardian or custodian as soon as practicable (A.R.S. 8-303).

To protect children, this site never shows the names of youth held in juvenile detention. Call 602-506-4011 or the juvenile probation office directly. Details are kept private to protect the minor, so staff share them with a parent or guardian.

Visiting days and hours:

• Saturday: last names A–F 8:30 to 9:30 AM; G–L 10:00 to 11:00 AM
• Sunday: last names M–R 8:30 to 9:30 AM; S–Z 10:00 to 11:00 AM
• Your child must have been detained for at least 10 days before visits start.

Hours can change, so call 602-506-4011 before you go.

Who may visit: Only parents, grandparents and legal guardians may visit, with a government-issued photo ID. Other family members, or family with a different last name than the child, need advance approval from detention management. To be added to the visitor list, contact your child's probation officer. Visitors under 21 aren't allowed in the facility.

When you arrive:

• Bring a government-issued photo ID (driver's license, state ID or passport).
• Purses and all personal items go in a locker. Only your locker key and ID go into the visiting area.
• No packages, food, drinks, cards or games.

Parents and guardians can call 602-506-4011 to ask whether they are on the child's approved visitor list. These details are kept private to protect the minor, so staff share them with a parent or guardian by phone.

Phone rules depend on the center and on your child's behavior level. Call 602-506-4011 to ask how calls work for your child, and whether family can call in. These details are kept private to protect the minor.

Juvenile court staff screen each child brought in. A child may be held only if there is probable cause and the child is likely to miss court, is likely to hurt self or others, must be held for another jurisdiction, needs protection until a less restrictive placement is found, or faces adult charges under A.R.S. 13-501 (Arizona Rule of Procedure for the Juvenile Court 218). If your child is held, a petition must be filed within 24 hours (Rule 204(b)(1)), and the first hearing (the advisory hearing) must be held within 24 hours after that (Rule 219(b)).

Start with the juvenile court and probation office:

• Maricopa County: Juvenile Probation 602-506-4011, Court Information Center 602-506-3204

Youth in Arizona detention get education, recreation, meals, medical and health services, visits and phone contact (Arizona's Juvenile Court Counts FY25). Call 602-506-4011 to ask about your child's school work, medicine or counseling. Those details are kept private to protect the minor.

Yes. The mailing address and mail rules are in the mail section of this page.

A 15-, 16- or 17-year-old accused of first- or second-degree murder, forcible sexual assault, armed robbery or another violent felony, or who is a chronic felony offender, must be prosecuted in adult court (A.R.S. 13-501(A)). Prosecutors may also file certain serious felonies in adult court for a youth 14 or older (A.R.S. 13-501(B)), and a juvenile judge can transfer a felony case after a transfer hearing (A.R.S. 8-327). Adult release and bail rules then apply. A youth charged as an adult may stay in a juvenile detention center if the court orders it. Otherwise the youth can be held in an adult jail, kept out of sight and sound of adults (A.R.S. 8-305).