Juvenile

Juvenile Detention Center

101 Lane Parkway

Shelbyville, TN 37160

Office: 931-680-9720

Booking: 931-380-9760

Fax: 931-380-2997

The Bedford County Juvenile Detention Center was opened September, 27 2001 to assist in the overwhelming placement cost in housing juvenile offenders in other counties. The center certified to hold 13 juvenile detainees and remains to stay at or near capacity. The center also holds juvenile detainees for other counties which do not have or have no additional space for their own detainees that supplements the operating cost of the center and relieves much of the cost to the county itself.

Mission Statement

The primary mission of the Bedford County Sheriff's Department is to provide operational control of the Bedford County Juvenile Detention Center, under the direction of the Bedford County Juvenile Court an TCA §37-1-114, to insure that detainees are provided with adequate health, safety, and supervision as needed.

The staff of the Bedford County Juvenile Detention Center shall be under the administrative control of the Bedford County Sheriff Department.

The center is designed to detain youths who:

1.) Are in need of legal temporary placement.

2.) Are pending adjudication.

3.) Are awaiting disposition and/or placement.

4.) Are in violation of probation.

5.) Are an escapee or have absconded from a juvenile facility, institution, or court ordered placement: or,

6.) Has within the last twelve (12) months willfully failed to appear at any juvenile court hearing.

7.) Has engaged in violent conduct resulting in serious injury.