12-15-208
Section 12-15-208 Facilities to be used for detention or shelter care of children generally; when child may be detained in jail or other facility for detention of adults; notification of juvenile court, when child received at facility for detention of adult offenders or persons charged with crimes; development of statewide system; Department of Youth Services to subsidize detention in regional facilities, may contract for detention; transfer of child to detention facility, when case transferred from juvenile court for criminal prosecution. (a) Persons who shall not be detained or confined in secure custody include all of the following: (1) STATUS OFFENDERS. Effective October 1, 2009, status offenders, as defined in this article, shall not be detained or confined in secure custody, except that a status offender who is charged with or who commits a violation of a valid court order may be detained in secure custody in a juvenile detention facility for up to 72 hours in any six-month...
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12-15-61
Section 12-15-61 Definitions; facilities to be used for detention or shelter care of children generally; when delinquent child, etc., may be detained in jail or other facility for detention of adults; notification of court, etc., when child received at facility for detention of adult offenders or persons charged with crimes; development of statewide system; department to subsidize detention in regional facilities, may contract for detention; transfer of child to detention facility, etc., when case transferred from juvenile court for criminal prosecution. THIS SECTION WAS AMENDED AND RENUMBERED AS SECTION 12-15-208 BY ACT 2008-277, EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2009. (Acts 1975, No. 1205, p. 2384, §5-122; Acts 1990, No. 90-674, p. 1304, §9; Acts 1991, No. 91-634, p. 1192, §1; Acts 1996, No. 96-570, p. 864, §1.)...
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12-15-102
Section 12-15-102 Definitions. When used in this chapter, the following words and phrases have the following meanings: (1) ADULT. An individual 19 years of age or older. (2) AFTERCARE. Conditions and supervision as the juvenile court orders after release from the Department of Youth Services. (3) CHILD. An individual under the age of 18 years, or under 21 years of age and before the juvenile court for a delinquency matter arising before that individual's 18th birthday, or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a child in need of supervision matter or commitment to the State Department of Mental Health or under 19 years of age and before the juvenile court for a proceeding initiated under Section 12-15-115(b)(2). Where a delinquency petition alleges that an individual, prior to the individual's 18th birthday, has committed an offense for which there is no statute of limitation pursuant to Section 15-3-5, the term child also shall include the individual subject to the...
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41-15B-2.2
for children and families in crisis. The department shall maintain standards and procedures to require that all staff members who provide services pursuant to this subdivision have the appropriate specialized training or experience, or both, to meet the needs of the children and families served. b. Intensive long term programs designed to change behavior and rehabilitate children with gang-related problems, satanic worshipping-related problems, drug or alcohol problems or addictions. Private providers may be utilized for these drug and alcohol and gang-related and satanic worshipping-related treatment programs. A portion of the funds allocated pursuant to this paragraph shall be used to fund halfway houses or other graduated release facilities for children with drug or alcohol problems or addictions. c. Any other children's services provided by the Department of Mental Health. (7) a. Ten percent of the funds shall be allocated to the Juvenile Probation Services Fund and...
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12-15-314
the juvenile court may make any of the following orders of disposition to protect the welfare of the child: (1) Permit the child to remain with the parent, legal guardian, or other legal custodian of the child, subject to conditions and limitations as the juvenile court may prescribe. (2) Place the child under protective supervision under the Department of Human Resources. (3) Transfer legal custody to any of the following: a. The Department of Human Resources. b. A local public or private agency, organization, or facility willing and able to assume the education, care, and maintenance of the child and which is licensed by the Department of Human Resources or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide care for the child. c. A relative or other individual who, after study by the Department of Human Resources, is found by the juvenile court to be qualified to receive and care for the child. Unless the juvenile court finds it not in the best interests of the child, a...
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12-15-219
Section 12-15-219 Serious juvenile offenders; disposition; serious juvenile offender review panel; facility and programs. (a) The juvenile court may find a child to be a serious juvenile offender if: (1) The child is adjudicated delinquent and the delinquent act or acts charged in the petition would constitute any of the following if committed by an adult: a. A Class A felony. b. A felony resulting in serious physical injury as defined in subdivision (14) of Section 13A-1-2. c. A felony involving deadly physical force as defined in subdivision (6) of Section 13A-1-2; or a deadly weapon as defined in subdivision (7) of Section 13A-1-2; or a dangerous instrument as defined in subdivision (5) of Section 13A-1-2. (2) The child has been adjudicated delinquent for an act which would constitute a Class A or B felony or burglary in the third degree involving a residence and the child has previously been adjudicated delinquent of two previous acts which would have been a Class A or B felony or...
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12-15-215
county children's services facilitation team meetings and share records information and reports on the status offender with the county children's services facilitation team. When the juvenile court transfers legal and physical custody to the Department of Human Resources, all requirements which shall be met for a child to be eligible for federal funding shall apply, including, but not limited to, the requirements set out in Sections 12-15-312, 12-15-315, and 12-15-317. c. A local, public, or private agency, organization, or facility willing and able to assume the education, care, and maintenance of the child and which is licensed or otherwise authorized by law to receive and provide care for children. d. During the term of supervision, a relative or other individual who is found by the juvenile court to be qualified to receive and care for the child. (4) Make any other order as the juvenile court in its discretion shall deem to be for the welfare and best interests of the child,...
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15-23-60
United States Supreme Court. (3) ARREST. The actual custodial restraint of a person or his or her submission to custody. (4) COMMUNITY STATUS. Extension of the limits of the places of confinement of a prisoner through work release, supervised intensive restitution (SIR), and initial consideration of pre-discretionary leave, passes, and furloughs. (5) COURT. All state courts including juvenile courts. (6) CRIME VICTIM ADVOCATE. A person who is employed or authorized by a public entity or a private entity that receives public funding primarily to provide counseling, treatment, or other supportive assistance to crime victims. (7) CRIMINAL OFFENSE. Conduct that gives a law enforcement officer or prosecutor probable cause to believe that a felony involving physical injury, the threat of physical injury, or a sexual offense, or any offense involving spousal abuse or domestic violence has been committed. (8) CRIMINAL PROCEEDING. A hearing, argument, or other matter scheduled by and held...
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12-15-127
Section 12-15-127 Release, delivery to detention or shelter care facility, medical facility of children taken into custody generally. (a) A person taking a child into custody without an order of the juvenile court shall, with all possible speed, and in accordance with this chapter and the rules of court pursuant thereto: (1) Release the child to the parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child or other suitable person able to provide supervision and care for the child and issue verbal counsel and warning as may be appropriate. (2) Release the child to the parents, legal guardian, or legal custodian of the child upon his or her promise to bring the child before the juvenile court when requested, unless the placement of the child in detention or shelter care appears required. If a parent, legal guardian, or other legal custodian fails, when requested, to bring the child before the juvenile court as provided in this section, the juvenile court may issue an order directing that...
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12-15-125
Section 12-15-125 Taking into custody of children generally. (a) A child or minor may be taken into custody for any of the following reasons: (1) Pursuant to an order of the juvenile court. (2) By a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe that the child or minor has run away from a juvenile detention, residential, shelter, or other care facility. (3) By a law enforcement officer having reasonable grounds to believe that the child or minor is suffering from an illness or injury or is in immediate danger from the surroundings of the child or minor and that the immediate removal of the child or minor from those surroundings is necessary for the protection of the health and safety of the child or minor. (b) In addition to the grounds listed in subsection (a), a child may also be taken into custody for any of the following reasons: (1) By a law enforcement officer for an alleged delinquent act pursuant to the laws of arrest; (2) By a law enforcement officer who has...
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