§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 […]
§49-2-907. 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 […]
§49-2-910. Juvenile Trustee Accounts and Funds, Earnings and Personal Property of Juveniles; Return of Property; Reports;
(a) The Director of Juvenile Services may establish at each facility under his or her jurisdiction a "Juvenile Trustee Fund". The administrator or designee of each facility may receive and take charge of the money and personal property, as defined by policy, of all juveniles in his or her facility and all money or personal […]
§49-2-911. Juvenile Benefit Funds; Uses; Reports
(a) There is hereby established a special revenue account in the State Treasury for each juvenile benefit fund established by the director. Moneys received by an institution for deposit in an juvenile benefit fund shall be deposited with the State Treasurer to be credited to the special revenue account created for the institution's juvenile benefit […]
§49-2-912. Youth Reporting Centers
(a) The Division of Juvenile Services shall operate community-based youth reporting centers to provide services to youth involved in the juvenile justice system as an alternative to detention, corrections or out-of-home placement. (b) Based upon identifiable need, the Division of Juvenile Services shall operate a total of at least fifteen youth reporting centers by July […]
§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;