Youth Justice Center

Hope School

Mailing Address:
PO Box 769
Florence, AZ 85232

Mailing Address:
1410 E. Diversion Dam Road
Florence, AZ 85232
Phone (520) 866-4040
Fax (520) 866-4107

Esperanza School

Mailing Address:
PO Box 769
Florence, AZ 85232

Mailing Address:
1410 E. Diversion Dam Road
Florence, AZ 85232
Phone (520) 866-5096
Fax (520) 866-0726

Mission Statement

The Youth Justice Center and Esperanza School are education programs that offer diverse services for juveniles in secure care settings that enable students to make a successful transition back into the community.

About the Program

The educational program at the Youth Justice Center was developed in cooperation with the Juvenile Court System in 1993.  The educational program offers young people, temporarily incarcerated at the Detention Center, the opportunity to continue the educational process begun in their home school districts.  Through this program, the student detainees will also transition back into their home districts upon release from the Detention Center.  Working in cooperation with regular and special education teachers, as well as counselors in the school districts, the Pinal County Secure Care Programs assist the student detainees to get back on track.