What is juvi like?

[Anonymous]

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Juvenile detention

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I am writing a story and, while it's just background for a character, its a gap in my knowledge base

[CrazyGirl2]

I’ve never had the misfortune to go, but… I would imagine it would be like being told you’re going to cheer camp for the summer, but you screw-up, and get sent to band camp instead! Same basic principle at work. You WANT you have fun and hang out w/ your besties, but you're stuck with these a$$holes, and there’s not a fckn’ thing you can do to make the summer go any faster!

Are we supposed to tumble and do basket tosses with these instruments? How the #&@% is this Cheer Camp?

[BetaBucks]

Is the setting a local detention facility or a state prison equivalent? If the former, what area would it be in? Male or female? The difference between a rural county detention center a state facility for felons is dramatically different. The state ones are pretty much no different than adult prisons. Just with slightly smaller people. They're pretty much all gang affiliated already too.

[Asker]

Texas, female, county... the premise is she got sent there for weed and being a runaway/ truant at the end of highschool

[BetaBucks]

Got it. I'm prior law enforcement so I have a handful of ex-partners that worked in both sex juvenile detention centers for a county with no major cities. In California though. Some of the stories i can recall are the girls fighting, but being aggressive and strong, not childlike. They were very cliquey, like a high school. Heavily gang affiliated, but more like girlfriends of gang members and not actually gang bangers themselves. Mostly latina background. Some already have tattoos. They were promiscuous with the guards (trying to be, at least) and often sexually active with each other. Improvised masturbation devices were common and would get seized. I don't recall anything about tobacco, drugs or alcohol for some reason. I'm sure it's super relevant but I can't remember anything about the topic. It's a major deal in all facilities of all ages. Oh, one more thing was the inmates often ended up having family members as guards because the population was so small in that area. It's supposed to be disclosed, but wasn't always, especially when it's a bit more of a distance relationship.

[OlderAndWiser]

Are you asking about juvenile detention? You need to post an update to explain your question.

[Asker]

Thankyou

[OlderAndWiser]

Sure. I have never been in juvenile detention or visited our local facility.

[Iron_Man]

What is that?

[Asker]

Juvenile detention

[Iron_Man]

Well, I’ve never been there so I have no idea. I just watched what I’m watching in the movies about it.

[Iron_Man]

Watch bad boys 1983 with Sean Penn. It’s about juvenile prison. You don’t want your friends or family to go there believe me from what I’ve seen from the movies

[OddBeMe]

Probably orange is the new black…but pg-13.