Government

New Orleans Youth Study Center


  • About Us

    The Youth Study Center serves as the juvenile detention center for Orleans Parish, providing safe and secure pre-trial detention to youths who are charged with committing a delinquent offense.

    Our purpose is to providequality evidence-based juvenile detention practices and programming with a focus on public safety, accountability, and individual treatment needs of the juvenile, and toprovide educational, medical, mental health and evidence-based treatment programming that supports every juvenile’s capacity to learn.

    These services focus on the best interest of the youth through a professional culture which holds them behaviorally accountable in a manner conducive to personal growth and development.

    The Youth Study Center serves as the juvenile detention center for Orleans Parish, providing safe and secure pre-trial detention to youths who are charged with committing a delinquent offense.

    Our purpose is to providequality evidence-based juvenile detention practices and programming with a focus on public safety, accountability, and individual treatment needs of the juvenile, and toprovide educational, medical, mental health and evidence-based treatment programming that supports every juvenile’s capacity to learn.

    These services focus on the best interest of the youth through a professional culture which holds them behaviorally accountable in a manner conducive to personal growth and development.

    Cause Areas Include

    • Children & Youth
    • Crime & Safety
    • Race & Ethnicity
    • Sports & Recreation
    • Urban Areas

    Location

    • 1100 Milton St, New Orleans, LA 70122, United States
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