55-12-101 - Article 1 -- Purpose.
55-12-101. Article 1 -- Purpose.
(1) The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize that each state isresponsible for the proper supervision or return of juveniles, delinquents, and status offenderswho are on probation or parole and who have absconded, escaped, or run away from supervisionand control and in so doing have endangered their own safety and the safety of others.
(2) The compacting states also recognize that each state is responsible for the safe returnof juveniles who have run away from home and in doing so have left their state of residence.
(3) The compacting states also recognize that Congress, by enacting the Crime ControlAct, 4 U.S.C. Section 112 (1965), has authorized and encouraged compacts for cooperativeefforts and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime.
(4) It is the purpose of this compact, through means of joint and cooperative actionamong the compacting states to:
(a) ensure that the adjudicated juveniles and status offenders subject to this compact areprovided adequate supervision and services in the receiving state as ordered by the adjudicatingjudge or parole authority in the sending state;
(b) ensure that the public safety interests of the citizens, including the victims of juvenileoffenders, in both the sending and receiving states are adequately protected;
(c) return juveniles who have run away, absconded, or escaped from supervision orcontrol or have been accused of an offense to the state requesting their return;
(d) make contracts for the cooperative institutionalization in public facilities in memberstates for delinquent youth needing special services;
(e) provide for the effective tracking and supervision of juveniles;
(f) equitably allocate the costs, benefits, and obligations of the compacting states;
(g) establish procedures to manage the movement between states of juvenile offendersreleased to the community under the jurisdiction of courts, juvenile departments, or any othercriminal or juvenile justice agency which has jurisdiction over juvenile offenders;
(h) insure immediate notice to jurisdictions where defined offenders are authorized totravel or to relocate across state lines;
(i) establish procedures to resolve pending charges (detainers) against juvenile offendersprior to transfer or release to the community under the terms of this compact;
(j) establish a system of uniform data collection on information pertaining to juvenilessubject to this compact that allows access by authorized juvenile justice and criminal justiceofficials, and regular reporting of compact activities to heads of state executive, judicial, andlegislative branches and juvenile and criminal justice administrators;
(k) monitor compliance with rules governing interstate movement of juveniles andinitiate interventions to address and correct noncompliance;
(l) coordinate training and education regarding the regulation of interstate movement ofjuveniles for officials involved in such activity; and
(m) coordinate the implementation and operation of the compact with the InterstateCompact for the Placement of Children, the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision,and other compacts affecting juveniles particularly in those cases where concurrent oroverlapping supervision issues arise.
(5) It is the policy of the compacting states that the activities conducted by the InterstateCommission created herein are the formation of public policies and, therefore, are publicbusiness. Furthermore, the compacting states shall cooperate and observe their individual and
collective duties and responsibilities for the prompt return and acceptance of juveniles subject tothe provisions of this compact.
(6) The provisions of this compact shall be reasonably and liberally construed toaccomplish the purposes and policies of the compact.
Enacted by Chapter 155, 2005 General Session