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East Central Regional Juvenile Center (RJC)

The purpose of the RJC is to protect the community while providing youth with opportunities to change. RJC is a maximum-security regional juvenile center for males and females 10 to 18 years old who have committed delinquent acts and have been sentenced.

Use the following links to information on this page:

• Description of Service
• Per Diem Rate
• Beds Available
• Address and Map

Description of Service

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RJC is a maximum-security facility serving males and females, ages 10 to 18, who have committed delinquent acts. Youth are placed at RJC for detention and short-term placement. Residents continue with school on campus (read more about school on campus).

RJC serves 10 counties in the 10th Judicial District through a Joint Powers Agreement. RJC accepts referrals from joint powers counties AND OTHER COUNTIES. To make a referral, or check daily bed availability, call 651-792-3021.

Services include:

• Detention Provides placement pending court or disposition. Components include the following:
  • Group living – recreation, school, daily living responsibilities
  • Psycho-educational groups
  • Behavior management groups
  • Life skills education classes
  • Anger replacement education classes
  • School
• Weekend Program 48-hour program
  • Secure correctional institutional experience
  • Opportunity to reflect on consequences of criminal behavior
  • Individual, not group, setting
• 5-Day to 60-Day Programs Components include:
  • A 5- to 60-day behavior consequence program
  • Individualized behavior contract
  • Community service work
  • School
  • Individual, not group, setting
  • Behavior confrontation in group setting
  • Group living skills
  • Transitional plan for returning to the community
  • Treatment modalities, such as
    • Restorative justice
    • Anger replacement education
    • Cognitive restructuring group sessions
    • Life skills
    • Psycho-educational groups sessions
    • Victimization
    • Re-offense prevention planning

Per Diem Rates

Beds Available

East Central Regional Juvenile Center (RJC) is a 36-bed maximum-security facility, serving males and females, 10 to 18 years old, who have committed delinquent acts. Residents attend RJC’s school on campus (read more about school on campus) for 6 hours a day, five days a week.

Referral form  (MS Word format, can be filled out and printed)

To search for juvenile beds throughout the State of Minnesota, click here to see the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ web site.

Address and Map

East Central Regional Juvenile Center
7565 4th Avenue
Lino Lakes, MN 55014
Phone: 651-783-3989
Fax: 651-792-1828

For a map and directions, click here to use the MapQuest Web site.