JUVENILE BOOT CAMPS S.B. 696 (S-1): FLOOR ANALYSIS
Senate Bill 696 (Substitute S-2 as reported) Sponsor: Senator Walter H. North Committee: Judiciary
The bill would amend the juvenile code to specify that, if a juvenile were within the juvenile court’s jurisdiction for violation of a local ordinance or State or Federal law, the court could place the juvenile in and order him or her to complete satisfactorily a program of training in a juvenile boot camp established by the Department of Social Services (DSS) under the “Juvenile Boot Camp Act” proposed by Senate Bill 695. Following satisfactory completion of a juvenile boot camp program, a juvenile would have to complete an additional period of at least 120 days’ intensive supervision by the DSS in the local community.
To place a juvenile in a juvenile boot camp program, the juvenile court would have to determine that placement in a juvenile boot camp would benefit the juvenile; the juvenile was physically able to participate in the program; the juvenile did not appear to have any mental handicap that would prevent participation in the program; and the juvenile would not be a danger to other juveniles in the boot camp.
If the juvenile court entered an order of disposition placing a juvenile in a juvenile boot camp program and the court received from the DSS a report of unsatisfactory performance in the program or a report that the juvenile did not meet the program’s requirements or was medically unable to participate in the program for more than 25 days, the juvenile court would have to release the juvenile from detention in the boot camp and enter an alternative order of disposition. A juvenile could not be placed in a juvenile boot camp more than once, except that a juvenile returned to the juvenile court for a medical condition existing when he or she was placed in the program could be placed in the boot camp program again, after the medical condition was corrected.
The bill is tie-barred to Senate Bill 695.
MCL 712A.18 Legislative Analyst: P. Affholter
Please see FISCAL IMPACT for Senate Bill 695.
Date Completed: 12-4-95 Fiscal Analyst: C. Cole
M. Bain
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This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.