Section 621:2 Philosophy of the New Hampshire Youth Development Center. - New Hampshire Statutes

The New Hampshire youth development center shall be administered to effect the following purposes and policies:
   I. To provide a wholesome physical and emotional setting for each child detained at or committed to the center;
   II. To provide protection, care, counseling, supervision, and rehabilitative services as required by the individual child;
   III. To assure that the child has not been deprived of those rights to which he or she is entitled by law;
   IV. To teach the child to accept responsibility for his or her actions;
   V. To recognize that the child's interests are of major importance while also acknowledging the interests of public safety;
   VI. To cooperate with the courts, law enforcement agencies, and other agencies in juvenile matters to ensure that the needs of each child who is involved with these agencies are met with minimum adverse impact upon the child; and
   VII. To return each child committed to the center to a community setting with an improved attitude toward society.

Source. 1981, 539:3, eff. June 30, 1981.