United States · Ohio · St. Clairsville
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Sargus Juvenile Detention Center is a county jail located in Belmont County, Ohio. Rated capacity: 17. Reported population: 15. Security level: Juvenile. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Sargus Juvenile Detention Center is one of seven juvenile detention centers in the U.S. state of Ohio. Named after Judge Edmund A. Sargus, a former juvenile court judge of Belmont County, it is located just outside St. Clairsville, Ohio. The rated bed capacity is 17, but up to 24 youths are detained in the facility on any given day. It was established in 1973.
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Capacity
17
Current population
15
Occupancy
88%
Year opened
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Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Population held
juvenile-mixed
Opened
—
Region
Ohio
Security level
Juvenile
Death-row facility
No
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World Prisons. (2026). Sargus Juvenile Detention Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sargus-juvenile-detention-center
"Sargus Juvenile Detention Center." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sargus-juvenile-detention-center.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Sargus Juvenile Detention Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/sargus-juvenile-detention-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
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