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Committee orders statewide study of juvenile detention capacity; amendment on staffed beds fails
Summary
Senate Judiciary approved a bill to task the state with studying the availability and inspection of juvenile detention and treatment facilities. An amendment that would have required reporting of both rated bed counts and staffed beds failed in committee.
The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced legislation to survey the state’s capacity for juvenile detention and treatment beds and to review inspection practices for those facilities.
Senator Brian Taylor presented the bill asking the state to determine current availability of juvenile detention beds both before and after adjudication. Senator Roberts offered an amendment (drafting code 49-48) to refine the…
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