This paper aims to present the way a detention facility for young delinquents (IPPJ) developed a theoretical background and some institutional measures to tackle the problem of juvenile delinquents’ criminal acts. Starting from the assumption that juvenile delinquents’ incarceration may generate or worsen the youths’ undesirable destructive behavioral patterns, the institution provides a socio-educative support and uses a large range of multidisciplinary interventions. These interventions, which are mainly focused on the notions of linkage, valorization, self-respect and recognition of the criminal act as a symptom of an important personal or familial disorganization, are detailed in this paper. According to the IPPJ’s staff, they represent the best response to those who advocate the security reinforcement.