Dickinson Juvenile Center Overview
Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center is a secure juvenile detention facility operated through Johnson County Juvenile Detention and Johnson County Court Services, separate from the sheriff-operated adult jail overseen by Sheriff Duane Burgess. It is on the Hospital Road justice campus near the adult jail and Community Corrections, but it holds a different population. Official county and Court Services pages describe the center as serving males and females under age 18. The county page also describes the center as a regional facility serving Johnson County and surrounding Indiana counties.
The adult HomeWAV jail roster should not be used as a juvenile detention lookup. Juvenile cases and detention placements are commonly protected from broad public release. Public adult records rules, adult mugshot discussions, and jail bond tables do not carry over cleanly to youth detention. A family member, attorney, guardian, or authorized agency should use juvenile court and detention staff channels instead of adult inmate search tools.
Dickinson Juvenile Capacity
Official Johnson County and Court Services sources list Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center as a 24-bed secure juvenile detention facility. The county source states the center opened in 1992. The 24-bed figure is a juvenile detention capacity, not an adult jail number and not a work release bed count. It should remain separate when describing Johnson County custody resources.
No public daily resident count, admission count, or demographic table was located in the research. The sourced figures are the 24-bed capacity and the 1992 opening date. Because the facility serves youth, public-facing information is intentionally more limited than the adult jail roster.
Dickinson Juvenile Detention Lookup
No public juvenile detention roster was located for Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center. That absence is expected for a secure youth facility. The adult Johnson County Jail roster publishes adult resident rows through HomeWAV, but it should not be used to infer juvenile placement, juvenile charges, or youth identity. For a youth who may be detained, authorized family or counsel should contact juvenile court, Court Services, or detention staff using official channels.
- Confirm whether the matter is a juvenile case, an adult criminal case, or a family/court services matter.
- Contact Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center for facility routing if authorized to ask about detention logistics.
- Use juvenile court or counsel for case status, hearings, placement orders, and release conditions.
- Do not search adult mugshot, jail roster, or commercial booking sites for juvenile detention information.
- If the person is 18 or older and booked as an adult, then use the Johnson County Jail roster instead.
| Question | Correct Channel | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Is a youth detained here? | Juvenile detention staff, juvenile court, or counsel. | No public juvenile roster was located. |
| Is an adult in county custody? | Johnson County Jail HomeWAV roster. | The adult jail list is not a juvenile placement tool. |
| Are case documents public? | Juvenile court or clerk channels. | Juvenile records are often restricted or confidential. |
| Is there a booking photo? | Do not treat youth detention as an adult mugshot source. | Juvenile photos are not adult jail mugshots. |
If a case later becomes an adult criminal case, court records and custody records may move into different channels. For regular adult booking records, use the Johnson County Jail rather than the juvenile detention center.
Dickinson Juvenile Contact
Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center is located at the east end of the same justice campus area used by the jail and Court Services. The center publishes a separate phone number and office hours through Court Services. The Johnson County juvenile detention page, Court Services detention page, and Juvenile Community Corrections page are local sources for youth detention and juvenile program routing. Because the building is close to other Johnson County custody facilities, confirm the address and purpose before traveling.
Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center
1121 Hospital Road
Franklin, IN 46131
317-346-4664
Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Dickinson County Detention Source
The Johnson County government juvenile detention page gives the core public facts for Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center, including history, capacity, sex and age group served, and regional role.
The county source supports the facility description but does not create a public roster or adult-style inmate search path for youth detention.
Dickinson Juvenile Visits
Official research did not locate a public visitor calendar comparable to the adult jail HomeWAV schedule. Juvenile detention visits and contacts are likely tied to family status, court orders, facility approval, school programming, treatment needs, and safety rules. Do not apply adult jail video visitation times to this facility. Call Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center or work through counsel, the court, or Court Services before planning a visit.
| Topic | Published Detail | Action |
|---|---|---|
| Office hours | Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. | Call during posted hours for routing. |
| Public visitation calendar | No public schedule located. | Confirm with detention staff before traveling. |
| Adult jail video visits | Handled by HomeWAV at Johnson County Jail. | Do not apply to juvenile detention. |
| Attorney or court contact | Handled through juvenile case channels. | Use counsel, court, or approved staff procedures. |
Dickinson Juvenile Programs
Johnson County Court Services states that Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center provides educational, recreational, mental-health, and spiritual services. Those services fit the facility's role as secure youth detention rather than adult jail punishment. The center must balance community safety with the needs of youth who are still under juvenile court jurisdiction. That balance is why public lookup is more restricted and why family contact should follow facility rules.
The Court Services detention page is the local source for the detention center's address, phone, office hours, capacity, and service description.
The Court Services source reinforces that Dickinson is a youth detention and services facility, not a public adult jail roster or booking photo gallery.
Dickinson Mail and Records
The research did not locate a public juvenile mail format, commissary vendor, money deposit vendor, or fee table for Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center. That information should be confirmed with detention staff before anything is mailed, delivered, or paid. Adult jail instructions for HomeWAV mail scanning, JailATM commissary, and web bonding belong to Johnson County Jail and should not be copied onto juvenile detention matters.
| Service | Located Public Rule | Use This Instead |
|---|---|---|
| Mail to detained youth | No public format located in research. | Call 317-346-4664 for current rules. |
| Money or commissary | No public vendor located. | Ask detention staff whether any approved process exists. |
| Juvenile case records | No public roster located. | Use juvenile court, counsel, or authorized family channels. |
| Adult jail records | HomeWAV and sheriff records apply to adult jail custody. | Use only for adults booked into Johnson County Jail. |
Public-records requests involving youth can be restricted by confidentiality rules. A request that would be ordinary for an adult booking record may not be available for a juvenile detention matter. Ask the court or counsel how to obtain permitted copies.
Dickinson and Hospital Road
Johnson County's Hospital Road campus can cause confusion because the adult jail is at 1091 Hospital Road, Community Corrections is at 1071 Hospital Road, and Dickinson Juvenile Justice Center is at 1121 Hospital Road. All three are custody or court-services related, but they are not interchangeable. A person looking for adult jail custody should start with the sheriff's roster. A person looking for work release should use court and Community Corrections channels. A person looking for youth detention should use juvenile court and Dickinson staff.
Note: Confirm the correct Johnson County facility before traveling, since three custody buildings sit on Hospital Road.