Terrebonne Juvenile Detention Center

Terrebonne Juvenile Detention 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: 985-853-1201

This facility is for juvenile residents.

The Terrebonne Juvenile Detention Center is a medium to low-security detention center located at 3181 Grand Caillou Road Houma, LA 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.

The Terrebonne Parish Juvenile Justice Complex is established to provide short-term care in the secured custody of juveniles who are accused, adjudicated pending court action, awaiting transfer to another facility, and who cannot be served in an open setting. Specifically, the facility's goals are the following:

• provide for the juveniles' basic needs such as shelter, food, clothing, and medical care
• prevent the intentional abridgement of the juveniles' legal rights during their detainment
• provide for the physical, emotional, religious, educational, and social needs of the juveniles during detainment
• house the juveniles in a safe and humane environment, maintaining the level of security necessary to prevent escape and assure that the juveniles live free of fear from assault or intimidation by staff or other juveniles

Programs Offered

Evaluation and Prescription

The facility social worker will have the following responsibilities:

• assess juvenile's strengths and weaknesses through the use of a variety of screening techniques
• identify any difficulties experienced by juveniles in school and transmit that information as needed
• distribute assessment data collected as needed
• arrange for any specialized psychological testing deemed essential or court ordered
• assist in compiling a diagnostic perspective of each juvenile's educational, medical, social/emotional needs to school, court, or other involved agencies/individuals

Education

The goal of this program is the following:

• provide an education experience that promotes achievement and replaces patterns of failure with patterns of success
• provide educational services that motivate juveniles to continue their education
• provide occupational and vocational counseling emphasizing the skills, knowledge, and attitudes required for employment
• introduce community resources to the juveniles

The facility offers training to the juveniles in their academic and social development to include but not be limited to the following programs:

• Core Academic Curriculum and GED Instruction
• Personal Health and Hygiene
• Mental Health
• Anger and Conflict Resolution
• Personal Finance
• Religious Services
• Gender Sensitive Training
• Drug Education Programming
• Job
• Any and all social skills development as deemed necessary to meet the needs of the juveniles

Treatment Programs

These sessions should do the following:

• deal primarily with coping skills for daily detention living and secondly with the problems that may arise after release
• provide information to juveniles to reduce anxieties about their living situations
• improve the quality of staff-to-juvenile relationships, helping juveniles respond more positively to adults as authority figures
• assist juveniles in solving problems for themselves
• assist juveniles in making the connections between behavior and positive and negative consequences

visitation Info

Visitation for a county or regional juvenile facility is limited to immediate family only. Mother, father, sisters, and brothers are allowed. The visitation rules are very strict, we suggest reaching out to the staff to get their specific limitations.