PRISON PREVENTION PROGRAM | WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

PO Box 389, Valhalla, NY 10595

Eligibility

Westchester county at risk youth

Hours

Mon-Fri, 9:00 am-5:00 pm

(914) 231-1262

Fax - Fax

(914) 231-1400

Voice - Main

(914) 231-1370

Voice - Main - Community Relations

http://www.westchestergov.com/correction

Languages

Spanish

Application process

Call for Information

Fees

None/Not Applicable

Service area

Westchester County, NY

Description

Offers an alternative to incarceration for youth who are at risk at entering the criminal justice system as offenders. At risk youth are given an idea of what it is really like to be locked up. The program also includes topics of self worth, peer pressures, drug abuse, group association, impulsive behavior and the benefits of patience and perseverance. The goal is of deterring youth from entering the criminal justice system.

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211 Hudsson Valley / ADK

What's Here

Youth Violence Prevention Conflict Resolution Training Community Crime Prevention Programs

Providing organization

WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

Provides secure custody and health care of inmates and tries to increase the potential for inmates to assume a productive role in society. The custodial center is composed of a penitentiary, a jail and a women's correctional unit. Also makes available, to crime victims as well as all other New Yorkers, information about convicted felony offenders in the custody of Westchester County Corrections and the NYS prison system.