TITLE 20: CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
CHAPTER IX: DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE
SUBCHAPTER d: OPERATIONS
PART 2504 DISCIPLINE AND GRIEVANCES
SECTION 2504.40 TEMPORARY CONFINEMENT


 

Section 2504.40  Temporary Confinement

 

a)         The shift supervisor shall determine whether or not it is necessary to place the youth in investigative status or in temporary confinement status pending a disciplinary hearing or a determination whether or not to issue a disciplinary or investigative report in accordance with Section 2504.30.  The Chief Administrative Officer shall also have the authority to release the youth from temporary confinement.  The decision to place a youth in temporary confinement may be based, among other matters, on:

 

1)         The aggressiveness of the youth;

 

2)         The threat posed to the safety and security of the facility or any person;

 

3)         The need to restrict the youth's access to general population to protect the individual from injury or to conduct the investigation; or

 

4)         The seriousness of the offense.

 

b)         A youth shall not be placed in temporary confinement status pending a disciplinary hearing for more than 4 days unless the individual is in investigative status.