Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center

Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center

With a yearly average of 1,000 admittances, the Ramsey County Juvenile Detention Center has a top capacity of 44 juveniles, male or female, at one time. Each of the five residential pods consists of individual rooms for each resident with a common area, and a special housing until has four rooms for isolating those who need it or offering specialized accommodations. Rather than being focused on punishing behavior or choices, the facility is intended to focus on improving the lives of the juveniles who are housed there, protecting their dignity, offering respect, and instituting programs that are culturally sensitive, supportive, and help students learn new life skills, social skills, and gain new opportunities. All basic needs are provided, and a strict schedule is maintained each day which begins with breakfast, cleaning their room and living pod, school with a break for lunch, a rest period, programming, dinner, free time, and after there may be religious services or gym, ending the day with showers and time in the pod to finish any work and have downtime, then bed. Mail: 25 West 7th Street Saint Paul, MN 55102 Mail may be checked for contraband before delivery and will not be delivered without a full return address. Phones: Phones are present in the housing pods and juveniles who have phone privileges are able to have regular calls to their parents and guardians. Visitation: Visitation hours depend upon the pod the juvenile is assigned too, and are as follows: Sunday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (Pods 500 and 700); 1-2 p.m. (Pods 500 and 700); 3:30-4:30 p.m. (Pods 500 and 700); 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Pod 800) Monday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Pod 600) Tuesday, Wednesday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Pod 700) Thursday, Friday, 6:30-8:30 p.m. (Pod 500) Saturday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. (Pod 600); 1-2 p.m. (Pod 600); 3-4:30 p.m. (Pod 600)

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