Sec. 47.14.010. - General powers of department over juvenile institutions. - Alaska Statutes

The department may

(1) purchase, lease, or construct buildings or other facilities for the care, detention, rehabilitation, and education of children in need of aid or delinquent minors;

(2) adopt plans for construction of juvenile homes, juvenile work camps, juvenile detention facilities, and other juvenile institutions;

(3) adopt standards and regulations for the design, construction, repair, maintenance, and operation of all juvenile detention homes, work camps, facilities, and institutions;

(4) inspect periodically each juvenile detention home, work camp, facility, or other institution to ensure that the standards and regulations adopted are being maintained;

(5) reimburse cities maintaining and operating juvenile detention homes, work camps, and facilities;

(6) enter into contracts and arrangements with cities and state and federal agencies to carry out the purposes of AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;

(7) do all acts necessary to carry out the purposes of AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;

(8) adopt the regulations necessary to carry out AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter;

(9) accept donations, gifts, or bequests of money or other property for use in construction of juvenile homes, work camps, institutions, or detention facilities;

(10) operate juvenile homes when municipalities are unable to do so;

(11) receive, care for, and place in a juvenile detention home, the minor's own home, a foster home, or a correctional school, work camp, or treatment institution all minors committed to its custody under AS 47.10, AS 47.12, and this chapter.