West Central Regional Juvenile Center Custody

West Central Juvenile Overview

West Central Regional Juvenile Center, often shortened to WCRJC, is the regional juvenile detention and residential-programming center that serves youth from Douglas County when the county's own adult jail cannot hold a juvenile for the needed length of time. Douglas County's juvenile detention page says the adult jail has two juvenile holding cells in the booking area and may hold juveniles only for the authorized short period. If longer detention is needed, the youth is transported to the Moorhead juvenile detention center.

Public facility information comes from Clay County, Minnesota DHS licensing, and Minnesota DOC inspection material. Clay County identifies WCRJC as a secure and nonsecure juvenile center with programs for young people who committed crimes punishable in the adult system, sentenced youth, and Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction youth who may remain under juvenile court authority until age 21. That population is not the same as the adult Douglas County Jail roster population.

The Clay County public page for West Central Regional Juvenile Center is the source for the public contact listing and program overview shown in the image below.

Because the center serves juveniles, the public page should be treated as a contact and program source, not as an adult-style inmate roster.

West Central Juvenile Capacity

The Minnesota DHS license lookup lists West Central Regional Juvenile Center with total capacity of 80, including secure capacity of 55 and nonsecure capacity of 25. The same licensing source describes services for ages 10 through 21, gender either, and includes correctional services, secure services, restrictive techniques, detention services, and group residential setting. A 2026 Minnesota DOC inspection was conducted under juvenile residential facility rules and identifies WCRJC as the certificate holder.

West Central Juvenile Lookup

West Central Regional Juvenile Center does not function like the Douglas County adult jail roster. Juvenile detention information is limited, and the research did not identify a public juvenile inmate lookup that lets the general public search names, view charges, or browse bookings. The adult Douglas County inmate roster is for current county jail custody and should not be read as a public roster for youth housed at WCRJC.

The proper lookup path depends on the person's role. A parent or guardian should contact the juvenile center or the court contact already assigned to the case. An attorney should use court channels and the facility's professional-contact process. Court personnel and probation staff follow the placement records available to them. For adult custody records, use the Douglas County jail roster or the jail information line instead.

1. Confirm whether the youth was first processed at Douglas County Jail or sent directly through juvenile court channels.
2. For a short Douglas County juvenile hold, contact the Douglas County Jail or the assigned juvenile court contact.
3. For a transfer to Moorhead, use West Central Regional Juvenile Center's public contact number.
4. For court status, contact the attorney, probation officer, or court administration connected to the juvenile matter.

Limited access is not a technical gap. It reflects juvenile record rules, court privacy, and the different public interests that apply when the person in custody is a youth rather than an adult defendant.

West Central Juvenile Contact

The address record for West Central Regional Juvenile Center has a documented discrepancy. Clay County's public contact page lists 729 11th St. N., Moorhead, MN 56561, with public hours and phone information. Minnesota DOC inspection materials and staff-directory context list 919 Eighth Avenue N or 919 8th Ave. N., Moorhead, MN 56560, with PO Box 280 in the inspection record. Use the 919 Eighth Avenue N address for facility and inspection context, and recognize the 729 11th St. N. listing as Clay County's public contact address.

West Central Juvenile Visits

Visits at West Central Regional Juvenile Center are restricted in a way that is very different from adult jail video visitation. Clay County's WCRJC information says visits are limited to parents, immediate family, court personnel, and attorneys. That means friends, distant relatives, general members of the public, and people trying to browse juvenile custody information should not expect routine access.

The research did not locate a public day-by-day visiting schedule like the Douglas County adult jail schedule. Because WCRJC is a juvenile facility, the safer rule is to arrange visits through the assigned case channel and confirm approval directly with the center. Identity, relationship to the youth, court status, behavior restrictions, and facility programming can affect whether a visit occurs.

West Central Juvenile Mail

Clay County's WCRJC FAQ says mail is accepted and calls are limited. The research did not locate a public commissary vendor, public deposit fee schedule, or adult-style inmate account page for WCRJC. That lack of a public fee table matters. For a youth placement, parents or guardians should ask the facility, probation officer, or case contact what may be sent and whether any approved account or property process applies.

Mail and phone rules for juveniles can be narrower than adult jail rules. Staff may screen mail for safety, court restrictions, victim-contact limits, contraband, and facility policy. Calls may be limited by schedule, behavior, case status, or approved contact lists. Do not send cash, medication, food, or personal property unless the center has given clear instructions.

Douglas County Juvenile Admission

Douglas County's juvenile detention process starts with the fact that the adult jail has only limited juvenile holding capacity. The county says two juvenile holding cells are located in the booking area and that juveniles can be held only up to the authorized short period, excluding weekends and holidays. Research on the DOC inspection report for Douglas County Jail identifies delinquent juvenile hold approval of 24 hours exclusive of weekends and holidays.

When a youth must be detained longer, Douglas County says the youth is transported to the Moorhead Juvenile Detention Center, which the county jail page identifies as West Central Regional Juvenile Center. That transfer path is why WCRJC belongs in the Douglas County facility map even though it is outside Douglas County. The custody decision comes from juvenile detention needs, court involvement, community safety, offense history, family involvement, and the type of placement ordered.

West Central Juvenile Programs

WCRJC is not just a holding site. The DHS license lookup describes secure and nonsecure juvenile services for ages 10 through 21, and Clay County states that the center serves youth who have committed crimes punishable in the adult system, sentenced youth, and Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction youth. Extended Juvenile Jurisdiction is a Minnesota juvenile-court status that can keep a youth under juvenile authority while also carrying more serious consequences if conditions are violated.

The Clay County FAQ says average stay is about 16 days, but that number depends on offense, history, court involvement, family involvement, and community safety. The 2026 DOC inspection is also part of the public record for the facility. It is a juvenile residential inspection under Minnesota Rule chapter 2960, so it should not be compared one-for-one with the adult jail inspection under Minnesota Rule chapter 2911.

For adults held in Douglas County Jail, custody and release questions stay with the county jail and adult court process. For juveniles transferred to WCRJC, the right sources are the juvenile center, the assigned attorney, court personnel, and family or probation contacts. The adult facility page for Douglas County Jail covers the separate roster, visits, mail, phone, and money rules for adult custody.