Fort Lauderdale is home to the Broward Juvenile Detention Center. This prison facility holds inmates sentenced in Fort Lauderdale and Broward County Courts and courts of other cities in the Broward County area areas. The listed address of Broward Juvenile Detention Center is 222 NW 22nd Ave. This is facility is located in Fort Lauderdale, FL, 33311-8675. This city is in Broward. Before traveling, you should always call the jail to verify your inmate is still located at this address and that they can receive visitors.
Prisons in FL, like many others these days can make it difficult and costly for inmates to call the outside. This is also true of Broward Juvenile Detention Center. Some charge long distance fees of over $10 a minute making it almost impossible to maintain relationships and family ties. Inmate families have found they can avoid these abusive fees by setting up a local prison phone number that ring their long distance phone. A company called GlobalTel.com provides this service and they can be contacted here:
jail calls. They also provide an easy way to send mail to an inmate. To use their mail service, click here:
send postcards. Always talk with your inmate to learn the hours they are permitted to make phone calls or receive visitors. Facilities like Broward Juvenile Detention Center have rules for sending mail and restrictions on the days and times allowed for visitation, Facilities in FL each have different rules that you'll be required to follow. So don't assume they are the same as each other.
Broward Juvenile Detention Center is a County Jail facility. It can be helpful to understand the type of facility because this will largely determine how inmates at Broward Juvenile Detention Center will be treated. Prison is expensive. Even public prison facilities appear to be operating like for-profit prisons these days. Long distance phone calls are a favorite way for jails to make money. Charging inmates for everything from soap to toothpaste is another. Even sending your inmate money to buy these things will come with an added fee. The first thing to do is set up an economical line of communication as suggested above. Then you can communicate with the inmate to discuss a reasonable budget and how the family can work together to pay and keep it.
Broward Juvenile Detention Center is located in the EST time zone. Ensure your call times match the correct time in your inmate's location. The current Broward Juvenile Detention Center warden is Supt. Jonathan Hackley. You can often talk directly with them at a smaller facility or write and email them at a larger one. This will naturally depend on the size and type of your prison facility. Prison families can do a lot to help each other and their inmates in Broward Juvenile Detention Center by sharing information about this facility with other families. We make that easy. Take a moment to share your experiences at Broward Juvenile Detention Center. Everything from suggestions about the best places to stay to the most helpful local organizations can be valuable to others.