PRISON PREVENTION PROGRAM | WESTCHESTER COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION

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

Physical Address

PO Box 389, Valhalla, NY 10595

Hours

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

Voice

(914) 231-1370

Main - Community Relations

Fax

(914) 231-1262

Fax

Application process

Call for Information

Fee

None/Not Applicable

Eligibility

Westchester county at risk youth

Languages

Spanish

Service area

Westchester County, NY

Agency info

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.