12-41-809. Juvenile detention centers or facilities.

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12-41-809. Juvenile detention centers or facilities. (a) Juvenile detention centers or juvenile detention facilities shall operate to provide pretrial detention and short term sanctions as provided for in § 9-27-330. (b) The Division of Youth Services of the Department of Human Services has no obligation to utilize or fund juvenile detention centers or juvenile detention facilities.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-41-809

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9-27-330. Disposition — Delinquency — Alternatives.

9-27-330. Disposition — Delinquency — Alternatives. (a) If a juvenile is found to be delinquent, the circuit court may enter an order making any of the following dispositions based upon the best interest of the juvenile: (1)(A) Transfer legal custody of the juvenile to any licensed agency responsible for the care of delinquent juveniles or to a relative or other individual. (B)(i) Commit the juvenile to the Division of Youth Services using the validated risk assessment system for Arkansas juvenile offenders selected by the Juvenile Judges Committee of the Arkansas Judicial Council with the division and distributed and administered by the Administrative Office of the Courts. (ii)(a) The validated risk assessment system selected by the Juvenile Judges Committee of the Arkansas Judicial Council with the division shall be: (1) The only validated risk assessment used by courts for commitment; (2) Used throughout the state; and (3) Applied to all commitment decisions for all juvenile offenders. (b) The validated risk assessment may be changed to another validated risk assessment system by the Juvenile Judges Committee of the Arkansas Judicial Council with the division. (iii)(a) In an order of commitment, the court may recommend that a juvenile be placed in a treatment program or community-based program instead of a youth services center and shall make specific findings in support of such a placement in the order. (b) The court shall also specify in its recommendation whether it is requesting a division aftercare plan upon the juvenile's release from the division. (c) A court may not commit a juvenile to the division if the juvenile is adjudicated delinquent of only a misdemeanor offense unless the: (1) Juvenile is determined to be moderate risk or high

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-27-330

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