EXPECTATIONS

WHILE IN DETENTION, YOUTH CAN EXPECT STAFF TO:  

• Clearly and effectively communicate what we expect of you.

• Provide you with fair, ethical, and professional treatment.

• Respond to your medical and mental needs and make appropriate referrals for services.

• Hold you accountable for behavior that is illegal, unsafe, and inappropriate.

WHILE YOU ARE IN DETENTION, WE EXPECT YOU TO:

• Follow the Directions of all Staff:

  DO:

  • Keep only authorized items in your cell

  • Exit your cell when directed to do so by staff.

  DON'T:

  • Debate a directive by staff.  Asking "why" at the time the directive is given is inappropriate.  You may approach staff at a later time during recreation to receive an explanation.

  • Attempt to manipulate staff by playing one staff against another.  All staff have the same expectations of you, but each staff has a different style.

   

• Engage in Positive Staff and Peer Relations:

  DO:

  • Use appropriate language.

  • Respect the privacy of others residence and avoid peering into other cells.

  DON'T:

  • Use put downs and racial slurs.

  • Engage in physical contact (unless it is in the gym playing a sport).

  • Hit / assault others.

   

• Follow detention expectations as written in this handbook.

• Engage in Safe Behavior:

  DO:

  • Use detention property for its intended purpose (for example, your comb is for your hair, your sheets are for bedding, a basketball is for shooting hoops. 

  • Follow safety and security guidelines (Clear the Floor, Quiet Position, Drop Position).

  • Make sure that your food remains YOUR food.  Do not trade or give food to other residents.

  • WALK up and down the stairs in a safe manner.

  • Use the intercom for emergencies and sick call requests.  Do not use the intercom to ask what time it is, what's for dinner, etc.

  • Only enter your cell.

  DON'T:

  • Run in the facility.

  • Engage in horseplay.

  • Engage in self-harm.

   

• Engage in Pro-Social Behavior:

  DO:

  • Cooperate with staff and other residents.

  • Avoid making hurtful and offensive comments.

  DON'T:

  • Exchange personal information (i.e. phone numbers, addresses, etc.)

  • Sag your pants or roll up pant legs.

  • Gamble or bet.

  • Discuss your crimes or brag about criminal acts.

  • Engage in behavior that is threatening, aggressive, and/or offensive.

   

• Other Expectations:

  DO:

• Fold your bedding neatly each morning.

• Leave your mattress flat (do not fold it).

• Organize your belongings neatly and place on your bed.

• Flush your toilet.

• Place your thongs (sole to sole) in your door handle when entering your room.

• Turn in items not belonging to you when you first enter your cell.

Infractions and Privilege Loss