2020 Kentucky Revised Statutes Chapter 605 - Administrative matters 605.100 Care, treatment, and rehabilitation of committed children -- Validated needs and risk assessment.
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605.100 Care, treatment, and rehabilitation of committed children -- Validated
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The Department of Juvenile Justice or the cabinet shall arrange for a program of
care, treatment, and rehabilitation of the children committed to it, which program
shall be designed to provide for classification, segregation, and specialized
treatment of children according to their respective problems, needs, and
characteristics, as identified through a validated needs and risk assessment, and to
provide a coordinated system of probation and parole services that includes a
continuum of graduated sanctions.
The Department of Juvenile Justice or the cabinet shall be responsible for the
operation, management, and development of the existing state facilities for the
custodial care and rehabilitation of children committed to the Department of
Juvenile Justice or the cabinet under provisions of this chapter. The Department of
Juvenile Justice or the cabinet shall further be responsible for the development of
such facilities as are necessary to provide an adequate and modern program for the
care, treatment, and rehabilitation of such children.
The facilities and programs under the control of the Department of Juvenile Justice
or the cabinet shall be designed and operated in such a manner as to rehabilitate,
train, develop, and educate the children to become good citizens and useful
members of society.
Suitable programs of vocational education and training shall be carried on in the
facilities and programs, with the view of preparing the children for future selfsupport.
The children in each facility and program shall be employed so far as practicable in
labor incident to the maintenance and operation of the facility and program, and in
suitable industries conducted by the facilities and programs as a part of the
vocational training program.
The superintendent or managing officer of each facility may use, for the
maintenance of the facility, the products of farms, dairies, and other departments
and industries of the facility or may sell or exchange such products for the benefit of
the facility.
Effective: July 15, 2014
History: Amended 2014 Ky. Acts ch. 132, sec. 31, effective July 15, 2014. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 443, sec. 11, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1996 Ky. Acts
ch. 358, sec. 15, effective July 1, 1997. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 350, sec. 8,
effective April 10, 1988. -- Created 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 423, sec. 13, effective July 1,
1987.
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