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KANSAS STATUTES AND CODES
38-531. Same; management; purpose.
38-531
38-531. Same; management; purpose.The detention home shall be in the charge of a person or persons whoshall be under the supervision of the judge of the district court of thecounty in which the detention home is located. The inmates of the detentionhome shall be controlled as far as possible through parental care. Thechildren shall be placed in the public schools if possible, or theboards of county commissioners of the counties party to the jointundertaking may provide for separate instruction within the home. Thedetention home shall supplement the work of the district court and shall beused instead of any jail or prison, but it shall be thepolicy of the judgeof the district court, court services officer and theperson or persons incharge of the detention home to make the detention home a temporaryhome and as soon as possible to provide for the return of the inmates ofthe home to their biological parents, adoptive parents or legal guardians.
History: L. 1963, ch. 252, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 52, §16; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 175; L. 1984, ch. 112, § 12; July 1.