§49-2-1004. The Juvenile Services Reimbursement Offender Fund; Use; Expenditures
There is created within the State Treasury a special revenue account designated "The Juvenile Services Reimbursement Offender Fund" within and for the benefit of the Division of Juvenile Services for expenses incurred in servicing juvenile status offenders in need of stabilization and specialized supervision. Moneys shall be paid into the account by the Department of […]
§49-2-1005. Legal Custody; Law-Enforcement Agencies
The Department of Health and Human Resources may require any juvenile committed to its legal custody to remain at and to return to the residence to which the juvenile is assigned by the department or by the juvenile court. In aid of that authority, and upon request of a designated employee of the department, any […]
§49-2-1006. Reporting Requirements; Cataloguing of Services
(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources and the Division of Juvenile Services shall annually review its programs and services and submit a report by December 31, of each year to the Governor, the Legislature and the Supreme Court of Appeals. This report shall analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the programs and services […]
§49-2-913. Juvenile Justice Reform Oversight Committee
(a) The Juvenile Justice Reform Oversight Committee is hereby created to oversee the implementation of reform measures intended to improve the state's juvenile justice system. (b) The committee shall be comprised of seventeen members, including the following individuals: (1) The Governor, or his or her designee, who shall preside as chair of the committee;
§49-2-1001. Purpose; Intent
Juvenile Offender Rehabilitation Act §49-2-1001. Purpose; intent. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the creation of all reasonable means and methods that can be established by a humane and enlightened state, solicitous of the welfare of its children, for the prevention of delinquency and for the care and rehabilitation of juvenile […]
§49-2-1002. Responsibilities of the Department of Health and Human Resources and Division of Juvenile Services of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety; Programs and Services; Rehabilitation; Cooperative Agreements
(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources and the Division of Juvenile Services of the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety shall establish programs and services designed to prevent juvenile delinquency, to divert juveniles from the juvenile justice system, to provide community-based alternatives to juvenile detention and correctional facilities and to encourage a […]
§49-2-1003. Rehabilitative Facilities for Status Offenders; Requirements; Educational Instruction
(a) The Department of Health and Human Resources shall establish and maintain one or more rehabilitative facilities to be used exclusively for the lawful custody of status offenders. Each facility will be a nonsecure facility having as its purpose the rehabilitation of status offenders. The facility will have a bed capacity for not more than […]
§49-2-907. Examination, Diagnosis Classification and Treatment; Period of Custody
(a) As a part of the disposition for a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent, and who has been determined by a risk and needs assessment to be high risk or who has committed an act or acts of violence, the court may, upon its own motion or upon request of counsel, order the juvenile […]
§49-2-908. Educational Services for Juveniles Placed in Predispositional and Postdispositional Facilities; Authorization; Cooperation; Rule-Making
(a) The State Board of Education is authorized to provide for adequate and appropriate education opportunities for juveniles placed in secure predispositional or post dispositional centers operated by or under contract with the Division of Juvenile Services. (b) Subject to appropriations by the Legislature, the state board is authorized: (1) To provide education programs and […]
§49-2-909. Arrest Authority of Juvenile Correctional and Detention Officers
(a) Persons employed by the Division of Juvenile Services as juvenile correctional officers are authorized and empowered to arrest persons already in the custody of the Division of Juvenile Services for violations of law that occur in the officer's presence, including escape. (b) Nothing in this section may be construed as to make a juvenile […]