1997 Minnesota Statutes

     242.32 Constructive programs; cooperation secure 
  placement. 

    Subdivision 1.    Community-based programming.  The 
 commissioner of corrections shall be charged with the duty of 
 developing constructive programs for the prevention and decrease 
 of delinquency and crime among youth.  To that end, the 
 commissioner shall cooperate with counties and existing agencies 
 to encourage the establishment of new programming, both local 
 and statewide, to provide a continuum of services for serious 
 and repeat juvenile offenders who do not require secure 
 placement.  The commissioner shall work jointly with the 
 commissioner of human services and counties and municipalities 
 to develop and provide community-based services for residential 
 placement of juvenile offenders and community-based services for 
 nonresidential programming for juvenile offenders and their 
 families.  

    Subd. 2.    Secure placement of juvenile offenders.  The 
 commissioner shall license several small regional facilities 
 providing secure capacity programming for juveniles who have 
 been adjudicated delinquent or convicted as extended 
 jurisdiction juveniles and require secure placement.  The 
 programming shall be tailored to the types of juveniles being 
 served, including their offense history, age, gender, cultural 
 and ethnic heritage, mental health and chemical dependency 
 problems, and other characteristics.  Services offered shall 
 include but not be limited to: 

    (1) intensive general educational programs, with an 
 individual educational plan for each juvenile; 

    (2) specific educational components in the management of 
 anger and nonviolent conflict resolution; 

    (3) treatment for chemical dependency; 

    (4) mental health screening, assessment, and treatment; and 

    (5) programming to educate offenders about sexuality and 
 address issues specific to victims and perpetrators of sexual 
 abuse. 

    The facilities shall collaborate with facilities providing 
 nonsecure residential programming and with community-based 
 aftercare programs. 

    Subd. 3.    Licensure.  The commissioner shall adopt 
 rules establishing licensing criteria for secure placement 
 programming for juvenile offenders.  The criteria must ensure 
 that the programming is distributed throughout the state.  The 
 commissioner is authorized to license long-term residential 
 secure programming up to a maximum of 100 beds statewide in 
 addition to those licensed as of January 1, 1995.  

    Subd. 4.    Exception.  The 100-bed limitation in 
 subdivision 3 does not apply to up to 32 beds constructed and 
 operated for long-term residential secure programming by a 
 privately operated facility licensed by the commissioner in Rock 
 county, Minnesota. 

    HIST: 1947 c 595 s 1; 1973 c 654 s 12; 1994 c 576 s 4; 1997 c 
 239 art 9 s 17; 1997 c 251 s 9