Detention Facility

Admission

Island County Detention is a secure facility for persons under the age of 18. Youth are detained for offenses which range from probation violations to felony charges.

Visitation

Visitation schedules and details are as follows:

  • 6-8 PM Monday through Friday
  • 1-3 PM and 6-8 PM on weekends and holidays
  • Visitation by attorneys, social workers, mental health specialists, and caseworkers are permitted at any time.
  • Personal visits are allowed for parents and legal guardians only.
  • The detainee has the right to refuse any visit not required by the court.

Visitation is a privilege and can be denied if the detainees’ behavior warrants, except for visits with their attorney. Visitors who cannot provide proper identification or who appear to be under the influence of drugs or alcohol will be denied the opportunity to visit.

All visitors’ personal items must be secured in the lock boxes in the lobby. This includes purses, pagers, keys, cigarettes, lighters, etc. There is a 25-cent deposit for use of the lock boxes refunded upon retrieval of belongings.

At no time will visitors give anything to detainees. Items such as school work or medication must be given to a detention officer or the detainees’ probation counselor. Visitors must abide by all rules or risk having their visitation suspended.

Programs

While in detention, youth are given the opportunity to participate in:

Volunteering

The Detention Volunteer Program allows life skills and responsibility to be taught by members of our community. Community involvement is a critical piece of providing guidance and understanding to the youth in our detention facility.

Island County Juvenile Court is interested in volunteers with disciplinary skills that may benefit our community's youth. These skills could include spirituality, healthy living, recovery support, self-esteem building or other ability that may support our youth.

To be most successful, we would like to find individuals who are:

  • Mature, responsible and objective
  • Willing to invest in making a difference in the lives of at-risk youths
  • Able to dedicate their time to volunteering
  • Patient and understanding in their work with at-risk youth
  • Have good communication skills

If you answered "yes" to the above questions, then becoming a detention volunteer may be a volunteer opportunity for you.

As a detention volunteer, you will be able to provide the support, guidance, and skills needed to contribute to the quality of life for our youth, as well as our community. All volunteers are thoroughly screened, supervised, and trained in juvenile detention procedures.

Volunteer Application

To apply to be a volunteer for Juvenile Detention Center, please complete and return the volunteer application. For information, call Jeff Tremayne at 360-679-7325.

Room Confinement and Isolation Reporting

RCW 13.22.050 requires counties operating a detention facility to compile and report on their website data related to the room confinement and isolation of youth in their custody. 

Definitions:

Room Confinement- means a juvenile is separated from the youth population and placed in a room or cell that the juvenile is assigned to for sleeping, other than during normal sleeping hours or interim rest hours.  “Room confinement” does not include time a youth requests to spend in their room or rest periods in between facility programming.  Juveniles are in room confinement from the moment they are separated from others until they are permitted to rejoin the population.

Isolation- means confinement that occurs (a) when a youth is separated from the youth population and placed in a room for longer than 15 minutes for the purpose of discipline, behavior modification, or due to an imminent threat to the safety of the youth or others; and (b) in a room other the room assigned to the youth for sleeping.  Juveniles are in isolation from the moment they are separated from others until they have rejoined the population. 

Disclaimer:  The room confinement/isolation report does not give a detailed description/reason of events that required a youth to be placed on either room confinement or isolation or detailed reasons for continuation of room confinement or isolation. Episode numbers have be redacted from the report as potential identifying information.

Island County Juvenile Detention Center Room Confinement and Isolation Report (pdf)