Arrowhead Juvenile Center Overview
Arrowhead Regional Corrections describes Arrowhead Juvenile Center, or AJC, as a youth residential correctional treatment center in Duluth. It serves court-ordered youth on delinquency files. The facility is physically in St. Louis County, but it is not an adult inmate-population facility and should not be treated like the St. Louis County Jail, Hibbing 72-Hour Lockup, Virginia 72-Hour Lockup, or NERCC adult male program setting.
AJC's work is program and treatment centered. Research lists on-site public education, mental-health services, cultural services, chemical-dependency education, and chaplaincy services. Program tracks include short-term consequence programming, 35-day evaluation, Kenwood male programming, Hillside female programming, adolescent substance-use disorder treatment, and sex-offender programming for boys. Those details make AJC a youth correctional treatment center rather than a normal roster-search jail.
Because youth records are restricted, the public adult jail roster is not the right tool for most AJC placement questions. The correct path is direct facility contact, parent or guardian communication, court direction, and the agency or probation worker involved in the delinquency file. Public adult custody tools such as Sheriff Gordon Ramsay's county jail roster, MNDOC Locator, BOP locator, and ICE ODLS serve different populations.
Arrowhead Juvenile Center Population
The research did not locate an official bed capacity for AJC. It did locate a 2025 ARC service figure: Arrowhead Juvenile Center served 220 juveniles with delinquency offenses. That is a yearly service count, not a current population count and not a rated capacity. No current daily count should be inferred from it.
AJC's placement in a St. Louis County facility list can confuse adult inmate searches. The facility is included because it is a correctional detention and treatment facility in the county, but it is not part of the routine adult inmate roster for current jail bookings. Adult arrest custody goes through the sheriff's jail roster. Youth placement and visit questions should be routed through AJC and the court or referring authority.
| Measure | Figure | Source Context |
|---|---|---|
| Annual service count | 220 juveniles with delinquency offenses | ARC homepage, 2025 |
| Facility type | Youth residential correctional treatment center | Official ARC AJC page |
| Official bed capacity | Not located in research | No sourced capacity figure used |
Look Up AJC Youth Placement
There is no researched public AJC youth roster like the adult St. Louis County Jail roster. Juvenile data is restricted under Minnesota law, and the research specifically warns that juvenile information is limited. For a youth believed to be at AJC, the appropriate path is facility contact, parent or guardian status, court or probation communication, and the referring agency. The adult sheriff roster should be used for adult jail inmates, not as a list of AJC youth residents.
- Call Arrowhead Juvenile Center when a parent, guardian, attorney, or authorized contact needs placement or visit instructions.
- Use the court or probation contact tied to the delinquency file for case status and placement authority.
- Do not search for AJC residents in the public adult jail roster unless the person is an adult held in the sheriff jail system.
- Use Minnesota Court Records Online only for public court records that are legally accessible.
- Use the St. Louis County public data process for releasable records, recognizing that juvenile records may be restricted or redacted.
For adult St. Louis County custody, the jail inmate records page explains the roster path. For AJC, privacy limits and youth status change the workflow. A correct search respects those limits and avoids publishing or repeating youth information that the responsible agency has not made public.
Arrowhead Juvenile Center Contact
AJC is located in Duluth and uses a direct phone-based scheduling process for visits. The facility phone is the key practical contact for parents and guardians who need appointment times, identification instructions, or current visit rules. Because the facility serves youth, callers should expect identity, relationship, and authorization questions before details are shared.
Arrowhead Juvenile Center
1918 Arlington Avenue North
Duluth, MN 55811
218-625-6700
Parent/guardian visit scheduling and facility contact
Arrowhead Juvenile Center Visits
AJC visits are limited to parents and guardians. Visits are 30 minutes and by appointment only. Visitors must call 218-625-6700 to schedule and have identification ready. These limits are more restrictive than adult jail lobby kiosk visiting because the facility serves court-ordered youth and must manage privacy, treatment, school, and safety needs.
| Day | Hours | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Tuesday | 9:00am-9:00pm | Parent/guardian visits by appointment, 30 minutes |
| Wednesday-Thursday | 3:00pm-9:00pm | Parent/guardian visits by appointment, 30 minutes |
| Sunday | 11:15am-9:00pm | Parent/guardian visits by appointment, 30 minutes |
The official ARC Arrowhead Juvenile Center page is the source for the facility's youth-program and visitation details.
The image fits this facility because it shows the ARC page for AJC, not a county adult jail roster or a generic detention image.
AJC Mail Phone and Money
The research gives one clear money rule for AJC: residents may not receive money because basic needs and snacks are provided. That differs from the adult St. Louis County Jail, where funds may be deposited through Stellar Services and JailATM, and from NERCC, where kiosk, online, and mailed trust-account options are described. AJC should not be handled as an adult commissary account facility.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Resident money | Residents may not receive money; basic needs and snacks are provided |
| Visits | Parents/guardians only, by appointment, 30 minutes |
| Mail and phone details | Not published in the research as a public table; call AJC for current rules |
| Adult jail funds | Not applicable to AJC youth residents |
When a family member has questions about clothing, property, school needs, or communication, the facility should be called before sending anything. Youth treatment centers often have stricter property and communication controls than adult jails. The research supports a cautious instruction: do not send money and do not assume adult jail mail rules apply to AJC residents.
AJC Intake and Placement
AJC intake follows a court-ordered youth placement model rather than adult arrest booking. The research describes youth on delinquency files and programs tied to evaluation, consequence, treatment, gender-responsive programming, substance-use disorder services, and sex-offender programming for boys. A youth's presence at AJC is therefore tied to court, probation, and treatment decisions rather than a simple public booking list.
That difference also affects records. Minnesota's public-data laws allow many adult jail records to be public, but juvenile information is restricted. A parent, guardian, attorney, or authorized case contact may have a path to information that the general public does not. If the issue is an adult arrest, use the St. Louis County Jail roster. If the issue is an AJC youth placement, use the facility and court path.
About Arrowhead Juvenile Center
AJC's programming is described as evidence-based, gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and trauma-responsive. The source material identifies on-site education, mental-health services, cultural services, chemical-dependency education, and chaplaincy. Those services show the facility's treatment role. It is not just a holding site, and it should not be reduced to a roster search term.
AJC also sits within the same regional corrections landscape as NERCC. Both are operated by Arrowhead Regional Corrections, but they serve different populations. NERCC serves incarcerated men in a minimum/medium work-farm setting. AJC serves court-ordered youth. The adult county jail in Duluth serves current adult arrests and local jail custody. Keeping those facility types separate is the safest way to search St. Louis County custody records without misrouting the request.
Note: Call AJC before visiting or sending items, and expect youth-record privacy limits to control what can be shared.