No. SB 918
Filed under Criminal Justice.
Juvenile Justice; Requiring a court to determine, for any delinquent child committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, the minimum period of time rather than an indeterminate period of time for the child to remain in a commitment program; requiring that the delinquent child remain in the commitment program until he or she has completed it; revising the age at which children who have been adjudicated on specified offenses may be committed to maximum-risk residential facilities to include children who are at least 10 years of age, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDCourts must now set a fixed minimum commitment period instead of an indeterminate one. Children must stay until they complete the program, not just until a date passes.
The age for maximum-risk residential placement drops from 13 to 10 for murder and manslaughter. All other serious offenses still require the child to be at least 13.
Courts can no longer extend a child's stay for sanction or punishment. Extensions are only allowed if the child fails to comply with treatment activities.
The bill replaces indeterminate placement duration with a mandatory, objective performance-based treatment plan. Progress must be reported to the court quarterly.
AICourts must set a specific minimum time for juvenile commitment, replacing indeterminate periods.
AIJuveniles must stay in the commitment program until they complete it, regardless of the minimum period.
AIChildren as young as 10 can be placed in maximum-risk facilities if adjudicated for murder or manslaughter.
AIRemoves the explicit statutory ban on extending a child's stay for purposes of sanction or punishment.