2001 Minnesota Statutes

     260B.199 Placement of juvenile offenders at Minnesota 
  correctional facility-Red Wing. 

    Subdivision 1.    When court must consider; prohibition on 
 placement at out-of-state facility.  The admissions criteria 
 for the Minnesota correctional facility-Red Wing shall include a 
 requirement that the county of referral must have considered all 
 appropriate local or regional placements and have exhausted 
 potential in-state placements in the geographic region.  The 
 court must state on the record that this effort was made and 
 placements rejected before ordering a placement or commitment to 
 the Minnesota correctional facility-Red Wing.  Before a court 
 orders a disposition under section 260B.198 or 260B.130, 
 subdivision 4, for a child, the court shall determine whether 
 the child meets the established admissions criteria for the 
 Minnesota correctional facility-Red Wing.  If the child meets 
 the admissions criteria, the court shall place the child at the 
 facility and may not place the child in an out-of-state 
 facility, unless the court makes a finding on the record that 
 the safety of the child or the safety of the community can be 
 best met by placement in an out-of-state facility or that the 
 out-of-state facility is located closer to the child's home. 

    Subd. 2.    Report required.  (a) A court that places a 
 child in an out-of-state facility shall report the following 
 information to the sentencing guidelines commission: 

    (1) the out-of-state facility the child was placed at and 
 the reasons for this placement; 

    (2) the in-state facilities at which placement was 
 considered; 

    (3) the reasons for not choosing an in-state facility; 

    (4) the reasons why the child did not meet the established 
 admissions criteria for the Minnesota correctional facility-Red 
 Wing, if applicable; and 

    (5) if the child met the admissions criteria, the reasons 
 why the safety of the child or the safety of the community could 
 not be met at the Minnesota correctional facility-Red Wing. 

    (b) By February 15 of each year, the commission shall 
 forward a summary of the reports received from courts under this 
 subdivision for the preceding year to the chairs and ranking 
 minority members of the senate and house of representatives 
 committees and divisions having jurisdiction over criminal 
 justice policy and funding. 

    HIST: 2000 c 488 art 7 s 7