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Juvenile Detention Center director reports higher bed use and staffing changes; commission approves 2025 per‑diem contracts
Summary
JDC Director Jamie reported a small increase in daily population and bed use in 2024, described ongoing challenges with assaultive behavior and high prevalence of youth with mental‑health diagnoses, and outlined transition plans for a new facility. Commissioners approved multi‑county per‑diem contracts and a separate Lincoln County agreement.
Jamie, director of Minnehaha County Juvenile Detention Center (JDC), told commissioners that JDC saw a modest increase in average daily population and overall bed use in 2024 and continues to face challenges placing high‑needs youth.
Jamie reported the JDC completed about 16,615 intake calls in 2024; the facility averaged just over 30 youths per day and used just under 11,000 bed nights — about a 4% increase in bed use from 2023. Jamie said Minnehaha County accounted for a higher share of beds in 2024 (about 63% of total beds used) compared with previous years, which reduced available capacity for other counties that place youths at the facility.
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