Colorado § 19-2.5-1504 Facility directors - duties

Colorado Statutes

§ 19-2.5-1504 — Facility directors - duties

Colorado § 19-2.5-1504

Title 19Children's

Art.The Colorado Juvenile Justice System

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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 19-2.5-1504 (2026).

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(1)The director of the division of youth services shall appoint a director of each state-operated facility established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 pursuant to section 13 of article XII of the state constitution.

(2)It is the duty of the director of each facility established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 to:

(a)Report to the executive director of the department of human services at such times and on such matters as the director may require;

(b)Receive juveniles committed to the custody of the department of human services and placed in the director's care pursuant to this article 2.5 and to keep them for rehabilitation, education, and training until discharged by law or pursuant to the rules of the department o

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(1) The director of the division of
youth services shall appoint a director of each state-operated facility established
by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 pursuant to section
13 of article XII of the state constitution.

(2) It is the duty of the director of each facility established by section 19-2.5-1502 and sections 19-2.5-1527 to 19-2.5-1529 to:

(a) Report to the executive director of the department of human services at
such times and on such matters as the director may require;

(b) Receive juveniles committed to the custody of the department of human
services and placed in the director's care pursuant to this article 2.5 and to keep
them for rehabilitation, education, and training until discharged by law or pursuant
to the rules of the department of human services or released on parole;

(c) Make a careful and thorough evaluation, at intervals no greater than six
months, of every juvenile placed under the director's care. The purpose of each
evaluation is to ascertain whether:

(I) The juvenile's program should be modified;

(II) The juvenile's transfer to another facility should be recommended to the
director; or

(III) The juvenile's release should be recommended to the juvenile parole
board;

(d) Take such measures as are necessary to prevent recruitment of new
gang members from among the juveniles committed to the custody of the
department of human services.