(a) The General Assembly recognizes that the state has a responsibility to provide its youth with appropriate services and programs to help decrease the number of juvenile offenders in the state and to create a better future for the state’s youth and that reforms in the juvenile justice system require oversight by an organization with […]
(a) There is hereby created the Division of Youth Services within the Department of Human Services. (b) (1) The Governor may appoint the Director of the Division of Youth Services or may delegate that function to the Secretary of the Department of Human Services. (2) The director shall report to the secretary.
(a) The Division of Youth Services shall perform the following functions and have the authority and responsibility to: (1) Coordinate communication among the various components of the juvenile justice system; (2) Oversee reform of the state’s juvenile justice system, review the quality and consistency of reforms and reform proposals, and monitor youth and family outcomes […]
(a) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services shall establish and maintain an observation and assessment center for the reception, orientation, classification, and adjustment evaluation of all youths committed to the division. (b) (1) The staff of the center shall be provided by the division or its designee. (2) The staff […]
(a) The physical facilities and programs at each of the youth services centers shall be designed and developed to be particularly suitable for the physical custody, care, education, and rehabilitation of youths of particular classifications. (b) In classifying and committing youths to the various centers and facilities, the Division of Youth Services shall take into […]
(a) When a circuit court or any other court having jurisdiction of a juvenile under eighteen (18) years of age finds a juvenile to be delinquent as defined by the laws of this state, the court may commit the juvenile to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services for an indeterminate […]
(a) When any youth is committed to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services as authorized in this section, the youth shall be under the exclusive care, physical custody, and control of the division from the time of the lawful reception of the youth by a youth services center until the […]
(a) (1) An order of commitment to the Division of Youth Services shall state that the juvenile is found to be delinquent and shall state information regarding the underlying facts of the adjudication. (2) No circuit court may commit a juvenile found solely in criminal contempt to the Division of Youth Services. (3) All healthcare […]
(a) (1) Upon commitment to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services, a youth shall be delivered to the observation and assessment center for orientation, classification, diagnosis, and evaluation. (2) Upon completion of such orientation, classification, diagnosis, and evaluation, the staff of the observation and assessment center shall make recommendations to […]
(a) (1) In consideration of its juvenile correctional role, the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services shall establish objective guidelines for length of stay when juveniles are committed to the division. (2) Except when an extended juvenile jurisdiction offender or a juvenile committed to the division from circuit court is committed […]
(a) If any delinquent youth committed to the Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services escapes or absents himself or herself from a youth services center or facility without authorization, he or she may be returned to the facility by a law enforcement officer without further proceedings. (b) No law enforcement officer, […]
All funds derived from the sale of agricultural products, livestock, or manufactured articles, or from other activities carried on at the youth services centers or facilities shall be deposited into the State Treasury in the Youth Services Fund Account of the Department of Human Services Fund to be used exclusively for the support of the […]
(a) If charged and found guilty as an adult for first degree escape, § 5-54-110, or second degree escape, § 5-54-111, a juvenile shall be given a mandatory sentence of not less than nine (9) months in an appropriate facility of the Division of Correction. (b) If adjudicated delinquent for first degree escape, § 5-54-110, […]
(a) As used in this section, “identifying and descriptive information” means any information pertaining to a juvenile that is necessary to safeguard public safety and aid in the apprehension of the juvenile, including without limitation: (1) A photo of the juvenile; (2) The name of the juvenile; (3) The age of the juvenile; and (4) […]
(a) The Division of Youth Services shall promulgate rules to require the separation of juvenile offenders committed to a facility operated by the division based upon: (1) The age of the juvenile offender; (2) The seriousness of the crime or crimes committed by the juvenile offender; or (3) Whether the juvenile offender has been adjudicated […]
(a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, reports, correspondence, memoranda, case histories, or other material that personally identifies a juvenile, including protected health information, compiled or received by a juvenile detention facility, a community-based provider for the Division of Youth Services, or the Division of Youth Services shall be confidential and shall […]
