Overview
Since 1998, the College of Nursing has been working in Juvenile Justice and Youth Services (JJYS) facilities to provide medical care for incarcerated youth. Over the years the College of Nursing has expanded from a few facilities in Salt Lake County, to eleven facilities covering the entire state. We are dedicated to providing evidence-based care to meet the physical and mental health needs of this vulnerable population. As College of Nursing clinics we work closely with the university to mentor students in the Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner programs as well as offering a rotation for medical school Residents.
Clinic Locations
The College of Nursing has clinics in six juvenile detention centers: Cache Valley Youth Center (Logan), Central Utah Youth Center (Richfield), Salt Lake Valley Youth Center (Salt Lake), Slate Canyon Youth Center (Provo), Washington County Youth Center (Hurricane), and Weber Valley Youth Center (Ogden); five secure facilities: Decker Lake Youth Center (Salt Lake), Farmington Bay Youth Center (Farmington), Millcreek Youth Center (Ogden), Slate Canyon Youth Center (Provo), and Southwest Utah Youth Center (Cedar City). In addition we offer medical support to Juvenile Receiving Centers associated with some of these facilities and one transitional facility (Alta) in Springville.
Services
CoN nurses and Nurse Practitioners provide primary, chronic care, and emergency care to youth in JJYS custody. Family Nurse Practitioners are on-call 24/7 to insure youth receive the care they need throughout the day. Our Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners manage a wide variety of mental health problems and work with outside organizations such as Utah Psychotropic Oversight Program to help improve adolescent mental healthcare throughout the state.
The CoN-JJYS clinics work with the Utah Department of Health to provide STI testing and treatment, Vaccines for Children program to provide immunizations, and the Division of Child and Family Services to make sure abuse and trafficking is properly addressed.
The CoN-JJYS team is active in the National Commission for Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). Our nurses and providers are Certified Correctional Health Care (CCHP) and we routinely contribute talks and posters at NCCHC national meetings. Some of our team members also sit on NCCHC committees to establish national standards for correctional health care.
