Juvenile Probation & Detention
Juvenile Intake
At the very front end of the Juvenile Justice System is our intake unit. All referrals to Juvenile Court are processed through this unit. Juvenile Intake is responsible for a number of tasks that are essential for the day-to-day operations. The intake unit handles the computer processing of all police referrals to the juvenile courts for Lake County. Intake has specific officers who monitor any interim conditions ordered by the courts while also managing a caseload of minors placed on home confinement. These minors are not on probation or involved in a social investigation. Any transportation of a minor in custody is coordinated by the intake unit. Intake officers are responsible for the preparation of a number of different reports, including intake custody reports and review of detention reports ordered on minors in secure detention. Intake also acts as a liaison to the community, as do all units of the Juvenile Justice Complex of Lake County. Intake is responsible for handling any crisis calls coming from community members twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.
A network of innovative and preventive-oriented services is often utilized in an effort to adjust suitable referrals outside of the formal court processes. This network, known as the Early Services Program, works in conjunction with the Voluntary Supervision Program. The juveniles receiving services from these programs are chosen from referrals received and screened by the Intake Unit. This successful diversion program allows the two juvenile court judges to focus on the more serious delinquent cases, while providing families with the supervision and programs necessary to make needed changes in their lives.
The Intake Unit also manages the Home Detention Program, which is a 24 hour in-home supervision program for youth pending court. During 2008, home detention supervised 124 minors on home detention, resulting in 3,034 home visits.
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