AZ Supreme Court - Administrative Office of the Courts - Juvenile Detention Centers Performance Audit

zzzArizona Supreme CourtAdministrative Office of the CourtsJuvenile Detention CentersREPORTJuvenile detentionHIGHLIGHTScenter operationsPERFORMANCE AUDITcould be improvedSubjectJuvenile detention pro-vides for the temporary Arizona has 14 juvenile detention centers:and safe custody of juve-2 in Maricopa County and 1 in each of theniles while legal action Source: Auditor General staff.other counties except La Paz andregarding their delinquentacts is pending. Juvenile Greenlee, which have agreements with Key control—Control over keys is vital todetention centers are security. Key control involves processes forYuma and Graham to house their juve-operated under the juris- assigning, issuing and tracking, and storingniles. Juvenile detention centers are partdiction of the presiding keys. Three juvenile detention centers haveof each county's superior court and arejuvenile court judge of the good key control systems. For example, theprimarily funded and operated by theirSuperior Court in eachMaricopa-Durango center has a fully auto-county where there is a respective counties. The Supreme Courtmated, password-protected key control sys-juvenile detention center. has administrative authority over all courtstem that automatically tracks and invento-and court programs, including juvenile ries keys. In contrast, the Santa Cruz andOur Conclusion detention centers. The Administrative Mohave centers do not have sound proce-Office of the Courts (AOC) assists ...