The Detention Center was created to meet the needs of the youth whose needs cannot be met in a non-secure facility. The Detention Center is a temporary, secure facility which currently has the capabilities of dealing with up to 21 youth, males and females, ranging in age of 10 to their 18th birthday.
County Juvenile Detention Center is a regional facility covering 23 counties in the central and south-central regions of the State of Kansas. Those counties include:
Barber
Barton
Butler
Comanche
Chase
Cowley
Edwards
Elk
Ellsworth
Finley
Greenwood
Harper
Harvey
Kingman
McPherson
Pawnee
Pratt
Reno
Rice
Rush
Russell
Stafford
Sumner
The current contracted daily rate for placement of youth in the juvenile detention facility is $150. If any county would like to have a contract for juvenile detention facility services, they may emailJoe Hammeke.