Department of Children and Family Services

Wayne County Institute for Youth and Family Development Policy  
   

Juvenile Detention Division

It is the mission of the Wayne County Department of Children and Family Services-Juvenile Detention Facility (WCJDF) to provide safe, secure and humane detention services to juveniles pending completion of legal proceedings. Juveniles housed at JDF are awaiting adjudication, sentencing or placement.

Young people housed in the Juvenile Detention Facility are provided educational services through an on-site charter school, on and off site medical services, on-site dental services, mental health services, appropriate recreational activities, counseling and behavior management activities.

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Leonard Dixon
Director,
Juvenile Detention Facility

Phone: 313-967-2021