A state worker at a juvenile detention center in Goshen has been arrested for allegedly providing marijuana to a youth housed there.

State police say Goshen Secure youth support specialist 33-year-old Joshua Rivera was arrested Monday on prison contraband charges.

They say the Monticello man introduced marijuana and other drug paraphernalia into the facility.

Rivera was issued an appearance ticket to appear in town of Goshen court in March.

The Office of Children and Family Services overseas the facility. They released a statement saying:

“The Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) is committed to identifying and eliminating misconduct within our facilities. We employ a variety of security measures and prevention practices to combat the introduction of contraband. OCFS takes immediate steps to discipline any individual(s) discovered to possess or facilitate possession of contraband inside an OCFS-operated facility and takes all arrests for employee misconduct seriously; hence our full cooperation with law enforcement in these matters.”