62A-7-401.5 - Secure facilities. - Utah Statutes

62A-7-401.5. Secure facilities.
(1) The division shall maintain and operate secure facilities for the custody andrehabilitation of youth offenders who pose a danger of serious bodily harm to others, who cannotbe controlled in a less secure setting, or who have engaged in a pattern of conduct characterizedby persistent and serious criminal offenses which, as demonstrated through the use of otheralternatives, cannot be controlled in a less secure setting.
(2) The director shall appoint an administrator for each secure facility. An administratorof a secure facility shall have experience in social work, law, criminology, corrections, or arelated field, and also in administration.
(3) (a) The division, in cooperation with the State Board of Education, shall provideinstruction, or make instruction available, to youth offenders in secure facilities. The instructionshall be appropriate to the age, needs, and range of abilities of the youth offender.
(b) An assessment shall be made of each youth offender by the appropriate secure facilityto determine the offender's abilities, possible learning disabilities, interests, attitudes, and otherattributes related to appropriate educational programs.
(c) Prevocational education shall be provided to acquaint youth offenders with vocations,and vocational requirements and opportunities.
(4) The division shall place youth offenders who have been committed to the division forsecure confinement and rehabilitation in a secure facility, operated by the division or by a privateentity, that is appropriate to ensure that humane care and rehabilitation opportunities are affordedto the youth offender.
(5) The division shall adopt, subject to approval by the board, standards, policies, andprocedures for the regulation and operation of secure facilities, consistent with state and federallaw.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13, 2005 General Session