Juvenile Services
Center
Juvenile Service Center operates
under the jurisdiction of Judge Thomas J. Alevizos and Magistrate Sally A. Ankony.
LaPorte County Dorothy
S. Crowley Juvenile Services Center
0364 South Zigler Road
LaPorte, IN 46350
Phone: (219) 324-5130 or (219) 873-0036
Fax: (219) 325-3660
Policies
and Procedures
Visiting Hours:
Wednesday 7:00pm until 8:30pm
Saturday 7:00pm until 8:30pm--at half hour
intervals
Sunday 1:00pm until 4:00pm & 7:00pm
until 8:30pm--at half hour intervals
Mission:
The purpose of the LaPorte
County Dorothy S. Crowley Juvenile Services
Center is to provide services and programs
to the juvenile Courts of LaPorte County.
The primary goal is to effectively service
the troubled youth of the County by intervening
in the least restrictive manner different
than and separately from adults. The Facility
is structured to provide services to juveniles
as opposed to being punitive, and protects
juveniles from abuses that might occur in
adult institutions.
All programs will meet applicable
Constitutional, Federal, and State Laws,
Local Ordinances, and standards and regulations
set forth by the Office of Juvenile Justice
and Delinquency Prevention, Indiana Division
of Family and Children, the Indiana Department
of Corrections, and the American Correctional
Association.
Secure Detention:
Secure Detention is a temporary
and secure custody of children accused or
adjudicated of conduct subject to the jurisdiction
of the juvenile court who require a physically
restricting environment for their own or
community’s protection while pending
legal action.
Further, juvenile detention
provides and maintains a wide range of helpful
services administered by a trained and professional
staff which include, but are not limited
to the following:
Behavior Program that structures
time and offers a fair/consistent system
of rewards for positive behavior and consequences
for negative behavior.
The development of an individual
educational plan which addresses remedial
needs.
The development of individualized
care plans to address social/emotional needs
of the client.
- Creative Arts Programming
that encourage self expression
- Vocational Education
- Physical Education
- Conflict Resolution
- Law Related Education
- Individual and group counseling
- Nutrition education
- Medical and dental screenings
which include daily sick call
Juvenile Detention also includes
or provides a system for clinical observation
and problem noting which compliments the
wide range of helpful services provided
by the Court.
