Juvenile Detention Facilities

If a minor is locked up while the judge decides the case, the minor may go to a local facility.

After a case is decided, the minor could be ordered to go to a state facility. The judge will look at how serious the crime was and if the minor has a criminal history.

Local Facilities (also see State Facilities, below)

The Juvenile Probation Department manages the 3 local detention facilities in the county.

They are:

Juvenile Hall
840 Guadalupe Parkway
San Jose, CA 95110

408-278-5820

Juvenile Hall has 390 beds. Both boys and girls stay here while they wait for the Court to decide their cases. There are different “living units.” The unit where you stay depends on your age, history and what you’re charged with.

Juvenile Hall has a Mental Health Clinic, a Medical Clinic, and religious services. Minors go to a county school in Juvenile Hall.

Programs include:

Drug abuse
Dealing with anger
Kids in gangs
Family responsibilities
Victim awareness
Mental health treatment and counseling
Girl Scouts
Career/job planning
Court work program
Foster grandparent program

Muriel Wright Residential Center
298 Bernal Rd.,
San Jose, CA 95119

408-227-8022

This is a rehabilitation center for girls and boys. It has room for 64 minors that a judge has ordered to be locked up.

The center offers classes in:

Drugs and alcohol
Life skills
How to deal with anger (anger management)
Mental health
Sexual abuse
Anti-criminal thinking
Gangs

William F. James Boys Ranch
19050 Malaguerra Ave.
Morgan Hill, CA 95037

408-201-7600

The James Ranch has 96 beds for 15½ to 18 years old boys that the judge has ordered to be locked up.

The boys get tutoring to get their GED. They also get vocational (job) training.

The boys take part in work programs on the ranch and other places, including the Santa Clara Valley Water District. They also do community service in the whole county. The boys can also participate in:

Drug and alcohol treatment (substance abuse counseling and treatment programs)
Mental health counseling
Sex offender counseling
How to deal with anger (anger management, and aggression replacement training)
Anti-criminal thinking
How to get out of or stay out of gangs (gang intervention refusal skills)
Victim awareness
Tattoo removal
Sports competitions

To learn more about the Santa Clara County Juvenile Probation Department, go to their website.