2019 Alaska Statutes
Title 47. Welfare, Social Services, and Institutions
Chapter 14. Juvenile Programs and Institutions
Article 1. Juvenile Institutions.
Sec. 47.14.010. General powers of department over juvenile institutions.

The department may

(1) purchase, lease, or construct buildings or other facilities for the care, detention, rehabilitation, and education of children in need of aid or delinquent minors;

(2) adopt plans for construction of juvenile homes, juvenile work camps, juvenile detention facilities, and other juvenile institutions;

(3) adopt standards and regulations for the design, construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of all juvenile detention homes, work camps, facilities, and institutions;

(4) inspect periodically each juvenile detention home, work camp, facility, or other institution to ensure that the standards and regulations adopted are being maintained;

(5) reimburse cities maintaining and operating juvenile detention homes, work camps, and facilities;

(6) enter into contracts and arrangements with cities and state and federal agencies to carry out the purposes of AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;

(7) do all acts necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;

(8) adopt the regulations necessary to carry out AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;

(9) accept donations, gifts, or bequests of money or other property for use in construction of juvenile homes, work camps, institutions, or detention facilities;

(10) operate juvenile homes when municipalities are unable to do so;

(11) receive, care for, and place in a juvenile detention home, the minor's own home, a foster home, or a correctional school, work camp, or treatment institution all minors committed to its custody under AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter.