Administrative Rules of Montana
Department 20 - CORRECTIONS
Chapter 20.9 - YOUTH SERVICES
Subchapter 20.9.7 - Parole and Release of Youth
Rule 20.9.705 - PROCEDURES
Universal Citation: MT Admin Rules 20.9.705
Current through Register Vol. 6, March 22, 2024
(1) Each facility must have written procedures that govern length of stay. The procedures must be based on department policy and approved by the Youth Services Division administrator.
(2) The length of stay procedures must provide for the following:
(a) youth with similar delinquency histories
and similar offenses will receive similar lengths of stay;
(b) a youth has incentives to demonstrate
positive change so youth can shorten the assigned length of stay;
(c) the criteria the facility uses to
establish a tentative length of stay are consistent, fair, and objective;
and
(d) the facility may take into
consideration aggravating or mitigating factors which demonstrate the necessity
of a longer or shorter length of stay.
(3) When a youth is granted a release to juvenile parole, facility procedures must require a youth to sign a youth parole agreement that contains:
(a) a
statement of the terms and conditions of the youth's release, including a list
of the acts that, if committed by the youth, could result in the youth's return
to the facility;
(b) a statement
that if the department alleges any violation of the terms and conditions of the
agreement, the youth is entitled to a hearing as provided for in
52-5-129, MCA, before the
department may return the youth to the facility; and
(c) the youth's signature.
52-5-102, MCA; IMP, 52-5-102, 52-5-126, 52-5-129, MCA;
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