Florida Parishes Juvenile Overview
The official Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center page describes a regional juvenile detention system tied to the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice District. The district was established under Louisiana law with territorial jurisdiction across the 21st and 22nd Judicial Districts, which includes St. Tammany Parish. The facility is therefore relevant to St. Tammany Parish families and courts, but it is not an adult parish jail and should not be treated as an extension of the STPSO inmate roster.
The official history says the center was first occupied by a superintendent and two staff members in October 1992, but a lack of state funding delayed opening for more than a year. It officially opened with 31 beds on January 3, 1994, and accepted its first juvenile on January 18, 1994. Later expansions added capacity and school-style space. The research did not capture a public address or phone from the official page text, so no unsourced contact number is added here.
The matching manifest image comes from the official detention center history page.
The image supports facility history and district context, not a public juvenile inmate lookup.
Florida Parishes Juvenile Capacity
The official history gives several capacity milestones. The facility opened with 31 beds in 1994. Voters in the five-parish area later approved a 10-year, 3-mill property tax for operations and expansion. A 1999 expansion added 74 beds, four classrooms, and a gym or multipurpose area. After Hurricane Katrina's population influx, another expansion was completed in 2011 with classrooms, dayrooms, and staff offices.
No current daily juvenile population count was captured in the research. Because juvenile detention data is more restricted than adult jail roster data, the page should not estimate current minors in custody from historic capacity alone.
Juvenile Custody Lookup Limits
There is no public adult-style inmate roster for juveniles in the research. That is the central rule for Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center. Juvenile custody information should be routed through family, counsel, probation, detention staff, and the court process that has legal authority over the child. Public adult roster tools such as the STPSO inmate roster, booking mugshot pages, BOP locator, ICE ODLS, and commercial people-search tools should not be used as if they publish juvenile detention records.
- Start with the referring juvenile court, attorney, probation contact, or authorized family contact tied to the child's case.
- Use official detention center channels for approved family communication, visits, and facility rules when those details are provided directly.
- Do not search the STPSO adult roster for a juvenile held at the Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center.
- For adult arrests that involve St. Tammany Parish, use the STPSO roster or jail phone line instead of juvenile facility routing.
This distinction protects accuracy and privacy. St. Tammany Parish adult booking law makes booking books and booking summaries public, but juvenile custody is handled under a different public-access posture. A missing web result is not proof that a juvenile is not detained.
Juvenile Facility Routing
The research captured the official facility website and history, but it did not capture a verified street address or phone number from the official page text. Because the task requires source-bound content, the address card avoids invented details. Family members should use court paperwork, counsel, probation, or the official facility site for current contact instructions.
Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center
Regional juvenile detention center
Serves the 21st and 22nd Judicial Districts
Phone not captured in research
Use official family, court, or counsel routing
St. Tammany Parish Adult Custody
St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center
1200 Champagne Street, Covington, LA 70433
(985) 276-1000
Adult roster and parish jail custody only
Juvenile Visit Access
No public juvenile visitation schedule was captured in the research material. The correct treatment is to say that family access must be confirmed through authorized facility or court channels. The adult St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center video visit schedule does not apply to juveniles held by Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center. Juvenile visits often depend on court status, guardian approval, safety rules, school programming, and facility-specific policies.
| Topic | Public status | Correct route |
|---|---|---|
| Juvenile visitation schedule | Not published in captured research | Use authorized facility, court, counsel, or family-contact instructions. |
| Adult STPSO video visits | Published for parish jail adults | Do not apply those rules to juveniles at FPJDC. |
| Roster confirmation | No public juvenile roster documented | Do not expect a public name search for detained juveniles. |
Note: Confirm juvenile visit rights through the case-authorized channel before traveling or sending personal information.
Juvenile Mail and Money
The research did not capture a public mail, phone, commissary, or deposit schedule for Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center. Do not apply JailATM, GTL, STPSO money-order, or parish jail mail rules to this juvenile facility. Those vendor and address rules belong to adult inmates at St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center.
| Service | Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center status |
|---|---|
| Public inmate roster | Not documented and should not be presented for juveniles. |
| No verified public rule captured in the research. | |
| Phone or video | No verified public schedule captured in the research. |
| Money or commissary | No verified public vendor or fee captured in the research. |
Juvenile Admission Process
Juvenile admission is not the same as adult street-arrest booking into the parish jail. A youth may be brought into juvenile detention through court, law enforcement, probation, or other legally authorized juvenile-justice routing. Public adult concepts such as mugshot galleries, cash bond questions, public roster profiles, and release-date calls do not translate cleanly to this facility. The controlling questions are case authority, guardian or counsel access, court orders, and facility rules.
For St. Tammany Parish adults, Louisiana booking law and the STPSO roster are the public-facing path. For juveniles, a family member should not interpret the absence of a web record as a custody answer. The safer route is to contact counsel, probation, the court, or the detention center through official instructions provided to authorized parties. If the person is an adult held after a St. Tammany arrest, use St. Tammany Parish Correctional Center instead.
Florida Parishes History
The official history gives this juvenile facility more detail than most custody pages. The Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice District was established by La. R.S. 15:1094, and La. R.S. 15:1094.1 created the Florida Parishes Juvenile Justice Commission with eight commissioners. The facility's first superintendent and two staff members occupied the center in October 1992, but the opening was delayed by state funding problems.
The center officially opened with 31 beds in January 1994 and accepted its first juvenile later that month. In September 1995, it underwent an American Correctional Association audit and was found in compliance with 100% of mandatory and non-mandatory standards. The 1999 expansion added beds, classrooms, and a gym or multipurpose space. The 2011 expansion followed population growth after Hurricane Katrina and added classrooms, dayrooms, and staff offices.
Juvenile Public Access
Louisiana public records law and adult booking-record rules are important for adult St. Tammany Parish jail pages, but they should not be stretched into a claim that juvenile detention names are publicly searchable. The research instructions specifically warn that juvenile detention records are not public jail-roster material like adult booking records. That means a public records page can describe the facility, its history, its district role, and its relationship to St. Tammany Parish without publishing a public lookup path for detained minors.
Adult custody remains separate. If a person is over 18 and booked into the parish jail, the STPSO roster, jail phone, Criminal Records, and VINE/LAVINE path may apply. If the person is in state prison after sentencing, Louisiana DPS&C is the better locator. If the person is a juvenile at Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center, use authorized family and court routing.
About Florida Parishes
Florida Parishes Juvenile Detention Center serves a distinct role in the St. Tammany Parish custody landscape. It is regional, juvenile-focused, and tied to the 21st and 22nd Judicial Districts. It should be named in a facility map because St. Tammany Parish juveniles may be routed there, but the page should not lead readers into adult jail assumptions.
The most accurate summary is narrow: the facility has official historical and capacity information, a regional district role, documented expansion milestones, and no public juvenile roster in the captured research. Family communication, visits, and case status belong with authorized court or facility channels. Adult public lookup tools belong with adult custody only.
Note: Juvenile custody information should be confirmed through authorized family, counsel, court, or facility channels.