Juvenile Detention Standards Work Group
- Evaluating state juvenile detention operations including alternatives to detention, offender classification, health access, required programming, staff training, facility staffing patterns, environment, restraints, safety, transportation and per diem day costs for detention;
- Implementing Supreme Court Rule 28 entitled "Juvenile Detention Evaluation" and Supreme Court Operating Rules 28.01 entitled "Use of Juvenile Detention Assessment (JDTA);
- Suggesting appropriate changes to rules to tailor implementation of programs and administration of family courts, amendments and revisions to rules affecting practes and procedure, recommendations for statutory changes and advising as to proposed and pending legislation impacting family courts; and
- Making recommendations regarding court system improvements, monitoring timeliness and sufficiency of required hearings, and working collaboratively with other committees.
OSCA staff contact: Courtney Pulley and Kim Abbott