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Five County Juvenile & Youth Rehabilitation Center basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 208-624-1345 ext 104

This facility is for juvenile residents.

The Five County Juvenile & Youth Rehabilitation Center is a medium to low-security detention center located at 423 North 2300 East St. Anthony, ID that is operated locally by the Juvenile Justice Department and holds youths awaiting the determination of punishment for the crimes which they are accused. Most of the adolescents are here for less than two years.

Five County Youth Rehabilitation Center is a county owned and operated perimeter secure facility operating under the Balanced Approach of Restorative Justice principles providing community protection, accountability, and competency development.

The facility is state of the art perimeter secure Detention Center( offering Treatment Excellence) and Youth Rehabilitation Facility. The facility has a total of 56 Beds. 16 Beds are reserved for juveniles placed in Detention from surrounding counties. The Detention Center serves the counties of Fremont, Teton, Clark, Madison, and Jefferson counties. 5-C also contracts with out of area counties including Butte, Franklin, Idaho Counties, and Teton County, Wyoming.

Five County provides a state of the art Juvenile Detention Center for the surrounding counties including Teton, Fremont, Clark, Madison, and Jefferson Counties in Southeast Idaho. Five County contracts with outside counties to provide secure housing for juveniles ordered to be in detention. Juveniles placed in Detention participate in competency development classes. Juvenile Detention Officer or Therapeutic Technicians facilitate evidence based best practice programs (Treatment) for youth offenders while incarcerated.

Phone and Mail

Telephone calls generally occur between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m. daily.

Two outgoing telephone calls per week are permitted for Detention Residents (10 Minutes). Juveniles in Detention may over time earn a privilege for a third call in a one week period. The Week is considered to start Sunday and go through Saturday. Juveniles in Treatment Programming may earn additional weekly phone calls. Calls are limited to 15 minutes.

Parents may call 208-624-1345 to speak to a Center Staff or member of Managment.

5-C staff may end a call if there is suspicion of inappropriate verbal conduct by a juvenile or the other party. There may be occasions where a telephone call will be placed on speaker phone. In this case, the party on the other end will be notified.

Residents that abuse telephone privileges may result in phone use loss or restriction with juvenile probation approval.

Juveniles' have the right to contact their attorney, juvenile probation officer, or contracting agency personnel assigned to their case management. Phone calls will be conducted during the scheduled time for telephone calls and during normal business hours. Juveniles are expected to make the appropriate arrangements with staff.

A record of telephone calls will be kept indicating the person called or calling.

Juveniles' are permitted to receive and send letters daily. 5-C will provide postage, envelopes and paper. All incoming mail is opened in the presence of a juvenile in order to remove any money or other items not permitted. Any unapproved items will be logged and stored with personal b

elongings. Any contraband (illegal or prohibited items) will be confiscated.

No writing or pictures are allowed on the outside of the envelope except the address of the person receiving your letter, along with the full return address.

5-County Detention
423 North 2300 East
St. Anthony,Idaho 83445

Mail to other institutions must be cleared through the contracting agency and a member of management. Phone calls and mail to individuals other than parents or legal guardians is subject to approval.

EDUCATION

Juveniles attend education classes as taught by highly qualified, educated, experienced, and trained professionals employed through the Fremont County, Idaho School District #215.

Five County teachers or educators are certified and dedicated to continuing education for juveniles in the juvenile justice system. The Education Department at Five County works with juveniles' identified schools to help juveniles continue education criteria while being placed in detention.

Line staff or direct care workers are trained and certified as Juvenile Detention Officers at the Idaho Peace Officers Standards and Training facility in Meridian, Idaho.

DETENTION CLINICIAN

Idaho state legislature appropriated funding to the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections, along with funds from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, and the Idaho Juvenile Justice Commission to support clinicians in all 12 Idaho detention facilities. A Five County Clinician provides assessments’ for substance abuse and mental health diagnosis. Five County Clinicians complete assessments and screenings. Five County uses the ALASKA Screening Tool (AST), and Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument-Second Version (MAYSI-2).

The detention clinician provides information to juvenile probation officers, and works with parents, legal guardians, and community partners to identify services in the community for juveniles placed in detention.

Line Staff also complete a screening using the Problems Oriented Screening Instrument for Teenagers (National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National institute of Health, Powertrain, Inc.). Juveniles complete an insight work book addressing areas of high risk.

Five County contracts with the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections, and the State of Montana Department of Corrections. Five County provides safe and secure residential treatment for both male and female juveniles committed to the custody of the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections, and State of Montana Department of Corrections. Five County is a secure Contract Provider for Residential Treatment for Juvenile Offenders.

Five County contracts to stage juveniles that are waiting transfer in the juvenile justice system for the Idaho Department of Juvenile Corrections.

Five County has implemented Dialectical Behavior Therapy or DBT as a foundation for treatment in the facility. Five County utilizes evidence strength based cognitive curriculums, in addition toward building juvenile competencies.

The facility collaborates efforts with Juvenile Probation Officers, Judges, and community partners to help juvenile offenders develop competencies, protect victims of juvenile crime, and the public at large while empowering skills to lead productive crime free lives. Juveniles receive Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training, Life Skills Classes, Anger Management Class, Drug and Alcohol Education and Prevention Class, and Conflict Resolution Classes.

visitation Info

Five County Juvenile & Youth Rehabilitation Center – Detention Visitation

VISITATION HOURS

Generally visits occur Monday through Friday 6-8 p.m. , Saturday 9:00a.m.-11:45 a.m. and 1:00 to 4:45 p.m, and on Sunday from 9:00a.m.-11:45, 3:00p.m.-5:00p.m. Parents and legal guardians are allowed to visit. Juveniles may have visitation with Legal Attorneys' and Clergy. All other visitors must be approved by the Facility Director or Designee, and the juveniles' Juvenile Probation Officer prior to being allowed visitation.

Visitors are required to phone 5-C to schedule a visitation appointment in advance. Authorized visitors must present valid photo identification. Authorized visitors must be 18 years of age or older.

Any resident has the right to refuse visitation.

Authorized visitors are not permitted to give the residents any items.

Purses, backpacks, satchels, keys and such should be left in the car or secured in a locker in the waiting area before visitation.

Visitors are not allowed to bring any type of contraband into the facility. Examples include pocket knives, tobacco, lighters or matches into the facility. Five County Detention is a smoke free, drug free workplace.

Authorized visitors are subject to search.

Authorized visitors must be properly attired. Any person in indecent or inappropriate clothing will be asked to leave.

Authorized visitors that appear to the staff to be intoxicated or otherwise not in control of his or her behavior will not be allowed to visit.