Revisions to Connecticut Juvenile Detention law will take effect on January 1, 2017. This is good news for juvenile justice advocates who long argued for reform.

Here is a brief summary:

No child may be detained after a hearing unless the court determines that:

There is probable cause to believe that the child has committed the acts alleged,

There is no less restrictive alternative available,

There is (i) probable cause to believe that the child will pose a risk to public safety if released to the community prior to the court hearing or disposition;  or (ii) a need to hold the child in order to ensure the child’s appearance before the court, as demonstrated by the child’s previous failure to respond to the court process, or (iii) a need to hold the child for another jurisdiction.

The Judicial Department will be developing a detention risk assessment instrument which can be used by a Juvenile Court judge to determine, based on the child’s risk level, whether he/she should be detained

As an alternative to detention, a Juvenile Court judge may release the child on a suspended detention order.  Such an order would include the ability of the Juvenile Probation Office to implement graduated sanctions and/or conditions to be imposed on the child based on their individual risk assessment.

The time interval between appearances before a judge for any child held in detention would be reduced from every fifteen days to every seven days or until a dispositional hearing is held, whichever is shorter.

Please email me or call  (203) 259-5251 if you would like more information on Connecticut Juvenile Detention.

 

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