The San Juan County Juvenile Detention Work Program (JDWP) began in June, 2000 and is a community service program that provides local judiciary an alternative to incarceration. As an alternative to incarceration, each juvenile is provided an opportunity to earn self-respect through the accomplishments of valuable work. This program is intended to demonstrate that delinquent juveniles are a positive source for community improvement and attempts to transform delinquent juvenile offenders into a source of solutions.

One weekend a month, juveniles who are court ordered to attend the Work Program report to the facility for a full weekend of structured community work. The work sites are arranged through the program facilitator, with juvenile detention staff and drug court staff providing supervision.

This program is intended to teach the juveniles discipline, accountability, responsibility and how to build a good work ethic. By working in the public as a group, members of the community are able to see the positive side of youth in San Juan County.

For more information regarding this program, please call 505.324.5810