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Session I:
ICJ and Secure Detention
Presenters:Kari Rumbaugh (NE)Anne Connor (NV)Dale Dodd (NM)
Maria Genca (CT)Rick Masters
Objective
This training will look at how ICJ Rules address secure detention and how to enforce the OJJDP
exclusion with state judiciary.
Serving Juveniles While Protecting Communities
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Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA) and the Deinstitutionalization of Status
Offenders (DSO)
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ICJ Rules
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Voluntary & Non-Voluntary Returns
ICJ Rules allow for the secure detention of non-delinquent runaways, accused status offenders, escapees, absconders and accused delinquents.
Juveniles may be held for a maximum of 90 calendar days.
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Voluntary & Non-Voluntary Returns
Rule 6-101: Release of Runaways to Parent or Legal Guardian
• Runaways held over 24 hours do not have to be held in secure detention
• Runaways endangering themselves or others held beyond 24 hours shall be held in ‘secure facilities’– Secure facility vs. secure detention
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OJJDP Exclusion
Juveniles held pursuant to the ICJ are excluded from the deinstitutionalization of status offenders requirements.
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Survey Results
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Does your state Compact Office face re-sistance from courts for applying the OJJDP
Exclusion in ICJ Cases?
49.02%
YES
NO
50.98%
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Non-delinquent Runaways and Status Offenders
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Survey Results
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Does your state have statues/regulations etc. prohibiting detention of runaways?
43.14%
YES
NO
56.86%
Does your state have statutes/regu-lations etc. in place prohibiting de-
tention of status offenders?
YES
NO
31.37%
68.63%
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How do you detain a status offender when state laws do not permit detainment of youth in locked
facilities?
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How do you approach the courts when the OJJDP exclusion is not enough to override policies on the
secure detention of non-delinquent juveniles?
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Where do states hold victims of human trafficking?
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Accused and Adjudicated Delinquent Juveniles
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Survey Results
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Does your state permit juveniles who are adjudicated delinquents to be detained for all or part of the sentence or disposition?
9.8%
YES
NO
90.2%
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How do you handle home/demanding states or legal guardians reluctant to make arrangements
for a juvenile who is not securely detained?
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How do you detain a juvenile listed as a “Missing Person” in NCIC?
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Scenarios
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• Two delinquent runaways in State A are absconders from State B– No warrant
• Adult court on new charges in State A– Bond set; released from detention center
Why weren’t the juveniles returned with ICJ Form III?
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Scenario
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• Juvenile located by law enforcement in State A– Found in NCIC as a missing person in State B
• Placed in runaway shelter– Compact Office requested secure detention– State A’s detention center refused
• Juvenile runs away from shelter– Sexually assaulted on streets
What is the liability for States A & B to be sued by parents of juvenile for refusal to follow ICJ
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Scenario
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• Juvenile runaway located in State A– reported runaway status and on probation in
State B• No warrant
– State B does not want juvenile to return• Juvenile held in State A detention center• Juvenile released to mother living in State A
Was the juvenile correctly held in the detention center?
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• Juvenile picked up by law enforcement in State A– Juvenile discloses runaway status from State B
• Juvenile not found in NCIC
What are State A and State B Compact Offices responsible for?
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Scenario
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Nebraska• Secure vs. Staff Secure
– Non-violent runaways
Detention center decision? Staff decision?
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Scenario
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Opposition : SOS Project
Coalition for Juvenile Justice
Preventing court involvement and incarceration of status offenders and non-delinquent juveniles.
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White Paper
• Temporary Secure Detention of Non-Adjudicated Juvenile Runaways– October 2013
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Questions?
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