Lewisville Juvenile Treatment Center

Youth committed by a juvenile judge to the Arkansas Division of Youth Services may be placed at the Lewisville Juvenile Treatment Center, 750 Lafayette Co. Rd 16, Lewisville, AR 71845, 870-921-8073. Call 870-921-8073 or the Division of Youth Services at 501-682-8654. The child's treatment team writes a plan and refers the child to a treatment center or a DYS group home (DYS family guide). After a judge commits a child to DYS, the child is usually driven to the DYS Admissions and Records unit at the Arkansas Juvenile Assessment and Treatment Center near Alexander, or to an approved county juvenile detention center to wait for a bed. Ask for your child's case manager after giving your name, how you are related, and your child's full name and date of birth.

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

Youth go to school every weekday, with high school, GED, career and vocational classes, plus therapy groups, counseling and recreation (DYS family guide). Call 870-921-8073 to ask about your child's school work, medicine or counseling. That information is kept private to protect the minor.

Call the center at 870-921-8073 and ask for your child's case manager. On weekdays, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, parents may call the case manager. The main Division of Youth Services office number is 501-682-8654. The juvenile court in the committing county answers questions about the court order.

Your child's risk assessment, treatment plan and the judge's progress review set the length of stay. After the plan is complete, the judge decides on going home, usually with an aftercare plan. In extended juvenile jurisdiction (EJJ) cases, the final decision belongs to the committing judge (DYS family guide). Every 60 to 90 days, the treatment team reviews progress. DYS has to go over the aftercare terms with your child and you before release (Ark. Code 9-35-436).

We never show the names of youth held in juvenile treatment centers; that protects children. Call 870-921-8073 or the Division of Youth Services directly. Details are kept private to protect the minor, so staff share them with a parent or guardian.

Within 24 hours of arriving, your child may call a legal guardian or approved immediate family member; after that, one call a week from the case manager's office goes to family on the approved phone log made at intake. Staff will work out the call time with you. In a family emergency, staff try to have your child call you back right away. On weekdays, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, parents may call the case manager about progress or to leave a message. Call 870-921-8073 to ask how calls work for your child. These details are kept private to protect the minor.

When visits happen:

• Saturday and Sunday: two-hour visits, starting from 8:00 AM to noon or from 1:00 to 5:00 PM
• Can't make those times? Call your child's case manager to set a visit on another day. Your child isn't able to set up a visit for you.

Hours can change, so call 870-921-8073 before you go.

Who may visit: Up to four visitors at a time (children under 12 don't count toward the four). Only immediate family may visit: mother, father, sisters, brothers, step-family and legal guardians. Girlfriends, boyfriends and family friends can't visit. Clergy or your child's pastor may visit any day. A visit can be accepted or refused by your child.

When you arrive:

• During a visit you can't give your child anything, including stamps, batteries, phone cards, magazines, pictures, letters or other items.

Parents and guardians can call 870-921-8073 to ask whether they are on the child's approved visitor list. Staff share this by phone with a parent or guardian only, since it is kept private to protect the minor.

Placement of committed youth from any Arkansas county is up to DYS, based on age, gender, risk and treatment needs. The case remains with the juvenile court of the county that committed the child.

Call your child's lawyer first. In Arkansas, a 16- or 17-year-old accused of any felony can be charged directly in adult (criminal) court, and so can a 14- or 15-year-old accused of capital murder, first-degree murder, kidnapping, aggravated robbery, rape, first-degree battery or a terroristic act (Ark. Code 9-35-412(c)). For some other serious offenses at 14 or 15, the state can ask the juvenile judge for a transfer to adult court or for extended juvenile jurisdiction (Ark. Code 9-35-412(b)). Once the case is in adult court, adult release and bail rules apply, and a youth facing felony charges there may be held in an adult jail (Ark. Code 9-35-425(b)).