As used in this chapter, the term: “Board” means the Board of Juvenile Justice. “Child in need of services” means any child so adjudged under Article 5 of Chapter 11 of Title 15. “Commissioner” means the commissioner of juvenile justice. “Delinquent child” means any child so adjudged under Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title […]
Whenever any child shall escape from any juvenile detention facility, the department shall file a petition in the court having jurisdiction and, upon conviction, he or she shall be committed for an additional 12 months in a juvenile detention facility under the jurisdiction of the department or to another institution under the Department of Corrections. […]
Any person who shall knowingly aid, assist, or encourage any child who has been committed to the department to escape or to attempt to escape its control or custody shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment for not less than one nor more than five years. Any […]
The Department of Juvenile Justice shall be a special school district which shall be given the same funding consideration for federal funds that school districts within this state are given. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the schools within the department shall be under the control of the commissioner who shall […]
As used in this Code section, the term “family attention home” means a private family home that has contracted with the Department of Juvenile Justice to provide 24 hour, short-term care for youth in the custody of the department and placed by the department in the home. Said youth are either awaiting a juvenile court […]
As used in this Code section, the term “apparel” includes eyeglasses, hearing aids, clothing, and similar items worn on the person of the employee. When action by a youth under the control and custody of the department results in damage to an item of apparel, the department shall compensate the employee for the loss in […]
Guard lines shall be established by the commissioner or his or her designated representative in charge at the various juvenile detention centers and youth development centers in the same manner that land lines are established, except that, at each corner of the lines, signs must be used on which shall be plainly stamped or written: […]
As used in this Code section, the term “guard lines” means the lines established pursuant to Code Section 49-4A-15. It shall be unlawful for any person to cause to be introduced across guard lines or to come inside such guard lines with: A gun, pistol, knife, or any other weapon or a bullet, ammunition, or […]
Without the knowledge and consent of the commissioner or the director in charge of any juvenile detention facility, it shall be unlawful for any person to take into or cause to be introduced into such facility any item which such person has been directed not to take into such center: Verbally by a staff member […]
As used in this Code section, the term: “Director” means the commissioner or any director of a juvenile detention center or his or her designee, or any other person who is responsible for the overall management and operation of a center. “Juvenile detention center” means a regional youth detention center or youth development center operated […]
There is created a Board of Juvenile Justice which shall establish the general policy to be followed by the Department of Juvenile Justice created in this chapter. The Board of Juvenile Justice shall be the successor entity to the Board of Children and Youth Services and the change is intended to be one of name […]
There is created the Department of Juvenile Justice and the position of commissioner of juvenile justice. The commissioner shall be the chief administrative officer of the department and shall be both appointed and removed by the board, subject to the approval of the Governor. The commissioner of human services shall not also serve as the […]
It is the purpose of this chapter to establish the department as the agency to administer, supervise, and manage juvenile detention facilities. History. Code 1981, § 49-4A-4 , enacted by Ga. L. 1992, p. 1983, § 24; Ga. L. 1997, p. 1453, § 7; Ga. L. 2013, p. 294, § 3-4/HB 242. The 2013 amendment, […]
The department shall carry out all functions and exercise all powers relating to the administration, supervision, and management of juvenile detention facilities, and jurisdiction over such juvenile detention facilities is vested in the department. Any employees of the Department of Juvenile Justice who became so employed by virtue of their transfer from the Division of […]
The board shall adopt rules and regulations for the government, operation, administration, and maintenance of juvenile detention facilities and may also adopt such other rules and regulations for the government and operation of the department as the board may deem necessary consistent with the provisions of this chapter. Rules and regulations adopted by the board […]
The department shall be authorized to: Accept for detention in a juvenile detention facility any child who is committed to the department under Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15; Provide probation and other court services for children pursuant to a request from a court under Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15; […]
When the court does not release a delinquent child unconditionally or place him or her on probation or in a suitable public or private institution or agency, the court may commit such child to the department as provided in Article 6 of Chapter 11 of Title 15; provided, however, that no delinquent child shall be […]
Any child who has previously been adjudged to have committed an act which is a felony if tried in a superior court and who, on a second or subsequent occasion, is convicted of a felony in a superior court may, in the discretion of the court, be sentenced into the custody of the department as […]
