Youth Home Construction Project Highlights

This project is to construct a new 36-bed Youth Home juvenile detention facility to replace the existing 14-bed facility on the 8.1-acre site currently shared with the Durham County Emergency Management Offices.

The new expanded facility is designed to facilitate best practices and accommodate the housing of older juveniles since the Juvenile Justice Reinvestment Act (aka “Raise the Age” law) was implemented in December 2019.

The design follows the standards of the North Carolina Administrative Code 10A NCAC 14J, Rules and Laws Governing the Operations, Surveillance, and Monitoring of Jail Facilities, and the American Correctional Association Standards for Juvenile Detention Facilities. The existing Youth Home will be demolished after the new facility is occupied. This project will pursue LEED Gold certification.

• Board of Commissioner’s Response to Community Action Group 10/29/21
• Youth Home Project Timeline and Review with Board of Commissioners
• 2015 New Youth Home Stakeholder Recommendations
• Youth Home Presentation to Board of County Commissioners 01/04/21
  • View BOCC meeting from 01/04/21
• Youth Home Building Assessment
• Current Youth Home Images