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Senate panel hears sentencing bill to steer more juveniles to community programs, require midterm reviews
Summary
Senate Bill 52-96 would require courts to make an individualized public-safety finding before committing juveniles to long institutional sentences and would expand community-based disposition options and midterm judicial reviews for committed youth.
Senate Bill 52-96, presented to the Human Services Committee June 25, would change juvenile sentencing and disposition practices to increase opportunities for community-based alternatives and create periodic review points for young people committed to juvenile rehabilitation institutions.
Under the bill, before committing a juvenile to a juvenile rehabilitation (JR) institution for a standard-range disposition that includes more than 30 days of confinement (except where adult jurisdiction is exclusive), a court must make an independent finding, supported by a preponderance of the evidence, that a community placement would not adequately protect public safety. If the court does not make that finding, it may impose local…
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