The Ohio Department of Youth Services recently conducted a Facility Standards Inspection of the Wood County Juvenile Detention Center. The center was found in compliance with all mandatory standards of the Ohio Standards for Juvenile Detention Centers.
The Ohio Department of Youth Services Facility Standards Inspection is conducted on an annual basis at the center. The inspection consisted of an on-site visit to the juvenile detention center. During the inspection, a review of the center’s policies and procedures, as well as face to face interviews with detained youth and facility staff, were conducted.
The completed inspection reflected that the Wood County Juvenile Detention Center met Ohio standards relating to administration organization and management, fiscal management; personnel management, training and staff development, record keeping, physical plant requirements, safety and emergency procedures, security and control, food service and hygiene.
In addition, the center was found to be in compliance with standards relative to the rights of detained juvenile youth, as well as programming.
Wood County Probate and Juvenile Court Judge David Woessner was pleased with the results of the recent inspection.
“I am happy with the report of the 2018 Facility Standards Inspection prepared by the Ohio Department of Youth Services. The administration and staff of the juvenile detention center are to be commended for the efforts and work done to assist youth and families in, at times, particularly challenging circumstances,” the judge stated.
The juvenile detention center is a 48-bed secured facility which provides short term detention housing for youth from Wood and surrounding counties. The facility is overseen by Woessner. The director of the juvenile detention center is Richard Schmidbauer.
