§ 21-4-309 — 14-4-117. Juvenile detention facilities standards; definitions; report

Wyoming § 21-4-309

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 14: Children
• Ch. 4: CHILD CARE FACILITIES
• Art. 1: CHILD CARE FACILITIES CERTIFICATION

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(a) Sheriffs, in consultation with other operators of
juvenile detention facilities, shall develop and implement
uniform standards after consideration of nationally recognized
criteria for the operation of all hardware secure and staff
secure juvenile detention facilities.
(b) No minor shall be detained in a hardware secure or
staff secure juvenile detention facility unless the facility has
adopted the standards specified under subsection (a) of this
section.
(c) The sheriffs shall report to the joint judiciary
interim committee by November 15, 2012 with respect to their
progress in developing and implementing the standards specified
under subsection (a) of this section.
(d) As used in this section:
(i) "Hardware secure juvenile detention facility"
means a facility used for the detention of minors that is
characterized by locks on the doors and other restrictive
hardware designed to restrict the movement of the minors and
protect public safety;
(ii) "Staff secure juvenile detention facility" means
a facility used for the detention of minors that is
characterized by a trained staff to supervise the movement and
activities of detained minors at the facility, without the
additional use of hardware secure equipment.
(e) Nothing in this section shall apply to the Wyoming
boys' school or the Wyoming girls' school.