New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Chapter 90 - JUVENILE JUSTICE COMMISSION
Subchapter 1A - REQUEST AND REMEDY PROCESS
Section 13:90-1A.2 - Definitions

The following words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the following meanings:

"Commission" means the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.

"DCP&P" means the New Jersey Division of Child Protection and Permanency in the Department of Children and Families.

"Designated recipient" means either the Ombudsman or the Director of Investigations, as designated by a juvenile under the provisions of 13:90-1A.3(b).

"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the Commission.

"Facility" means any facility of the Commission used to incarcerate, house, train, monitor, or educate juveniles.

"Juvenile" means any individual who has been adjudicated delinquent and sentenced to a term of incarceration to be served under the custody of the Commission, or who has been placed on probation by a court and assigned to the jurisdiction of the Commission, and who is residing in or assigned to a facility.

"Office of Investigations" means the Commission unit responsible for conducting internal investigations.

"Ombudsman" means the staff within the Commission responsible for resolving complaints made by juveniles about a facility, the action or inaction of staff, or any other matter of concern to the juvenile.

"Request" means a juvenile complaint; grievance; comment; request for redress, assistance, action, change in conditions, or treatment; or other comment related to his or her incarceration or assignment to a Commission facility or program.

"Request and Remedy Appeal Form" means the standard form for the filing and processing of an appeal from the resolution of a juvenile request that has been approved for such use by the Executive Director or designee.

"Request and Remedy Form" means the standard form for the filing and processing of juvenile requests that has been approved for such use by the Executive Director or designee.

"Request and Remedy Lockbox" means a lockbox provided for in 13:90-1A.3.

"Shift coordinator" means the staff person, by whatever name or title, with lead responsibility for overseeing operations during a tour of duty at a community program.

"Superintendent" means the chief executive officer of a facility.