LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Local leaders have wanted to construct a juvenile detention facility in Tippecanoe County for years, and on Monday, the Tippecanoe County Commissioners approved its development.
The juvenile detention center will either be a 15,665- or 20,103-square-foot facility near the county’s Cary Home for Children facility located at 1530 S. 18th St. in Lafayette.
DLZ Indiana, the architect, engineering and construction firm hired by the county, presented two facility options from which to pick. Both options contain similar features.
The juvenile detention facility will have 24 single cells that are separated into four secured dayrooms, program classrooms, indoor recreation rooms, medical areas, holding cells and administration areas.