2021 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 facilities and 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 detention facilities, juvenile treatment facilities, and other juvenile institutions;

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

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

(5) reimburse municipalities maintaining and operating juvenile detention 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 institutions, detention facilities, or juvenile treatment facilities;

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

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