The majority of the several thousand young people who are sentenced to juvenile detention every year are living in marginalized conditions. Processes of marginalization become manifest, amongst other things, in limited opportunities for social participation such as the prospect of a qualifying school diploma or material well-being. Therefore, the consistent arrangement of juvenile detention centres along prevailing legal regulations requires focusing on the promotion of personal development as well as youth education. This paper discusses the conceptualization of a short-term education program which was realised in a German juvenile detention centre. This program is based on a specially developed curriculum, integrating the youths' developmental tasks as well as their marginalised life situations, ultimately suggesting an understanding of juvenile detention institutions as "Places of Youth Education".