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HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 102
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEGER
JUVENILES: Creates the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide
Leadership Collaborative
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To create the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide Leadership
3 Collaborative to oversee the process of implementing the core principles and
4 strategies of the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI) statewide to
5 improve public safety and long-term outcomes for youth in Louisiana by safely
6 eliminating the unnecessary or inappropriate use of detention, redirecting public
7 funds to effective youth development endeavors, and identifying and reducing racial
8 and ethnic disparities.
9 WHEREAS, the legislature enacted the Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2003 (Act
10No. 1225 of the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature) making significant changes to
11improve Louisiana's juvenile justice system, including the network of local juvenile
12detention centers which provide temporary housing to youth prior to adjudication or pending
13dispositional placement; and
14 WHEREAS, the legislature initiated statewide efforts to improve detention by
15enacting HCR No. 77 of the 2009 Regular Session of the Legislature and Act No. 863 of the
162010 Regular Session of the Legislature, which resulted in the development of statewide
17uniform juvenile detention standards and promulgation of rules governing the licensing of
18juvenile detention facilities; and
19 WHEREAS, R.S. 15:1110 provides that it shall be the policy of this state that all
20juvenile detention facilities provide temporary, safe, and secure custody of juveniles during
21the pendency of juvenile proceedings only when no other less restrictive alternative is
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1available to secure the appearance of the juvenile in court or to protect the safety of the
2youth or the public; and
3 WHEREAS, in 2014, the National Research Council published a comprehensive
4review of the juvenile justice system entitled, "Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental
5Approach", which found no convincing evidence that confinement of juvenile offenders
6reduces the likelihood of re-offending; and
7 WHEREAS, the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, supported by the Annie
8E. Casey Foundation (Foundation), has repeatedly demonstrated over a period of twenty
9years that jurisdictions can safely reduce reliance on secure detention following their eight
10core strategies:
11 (1) Collaboration.
12 (2) Use of accurate data.
13 (3) Objective admissions criteria and screening instruments.
14 (4) New and enhanced non-secure alternatives to detention.
15 (5) Case processing improvements.
16 (6) Special detention cases.
17 (7) Reducing racial disparities.
18 (8) Improving conditions of confinement; and
19 WHEREAS, Louisiana became a JDAI partner in 2006 through the Louisiana
20Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice and five jurisdictions were selected
21by the Foundation to participate: Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and
22Orleans; and
23 WHEREAS, following the success of implementing the model reforms in each of
24these five JDAI jurisdictions and with the desire of the stakeholders in the Louisiana juvenile
25justice system to engage in scale work statewide, the Foundation selected Louisiana to
26participate in a "Going to Scale" initiative which endeavors to develop a model, state-level
27process for expanding JDAI improvements strategically and with fidelity to all juvenile
28detention centers in the state; and
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1 WHEREAS, a critical aspect of JDAI scale work requires a state leadership
2collaboration including key multi-branch state and local stakeholders to ensure that JDAI
3is implemented strategically, responsibly, and effectively with fidelity statewide.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
5create the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide Leadership
6Collaborative to oversee the process of implementing the core principles and strategies of
7JDAI statewide in order to improve public safety and long-term outcomes for youth in
8Louisiana by safely eliminating the unnecessary or inappropriate use of detention,
9redirecting public funds to effective youth development endeavors, and identifying and
10reducing racial and ethnic disparities.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana JDAI Statewide Leadership
12Collaborative (Collaborative) shall be composed of the following members:
13 (1) The chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court or his designee.
14 (2) The chair of Louisiana Senate Committee on Judiciary B or his designee.
15 (3) The chair of the Louisiana House Committee on Administration of Criminal
16Justice or his designee.
17 (4) The deputy secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, office
18of juvenile justice or his designee
19 (5) The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services or his
20designee.
21 (6) The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals or his designee.
22 (7) The secretary of the Department of Education or his designee.
23 (8) The chair of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Board
24or his designee.
25 (9) The state public defender or his designee.
26 (10) The executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association or his
27designee.
28 (11) The president of the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Association or his designee.
29 (12) The executive director of the Louisiana Center for Children's Rights or his
30designee.
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1 (13) The executive director of Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated
2Children or his designee.
3 (14) The executive director of the Louisiana Sheriff's Association or his designee.
4 (15) The executive director of the Louisiana Chiefs of Police Association or his
5designee.
6 (16) The president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
7or his designee.
8 (17) The executive director of the Children's Cabinet or his designee.
9 (18) A representative from each of the five Louisiana model JDAI sites.
10 (19) Such other members as identified and invited by the Collaborative.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the JDAI State Coordinator of the Louisiana
12Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice shall provide the
13necessary support and staff for the Collaborative to conduct its work.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Collaborative shall have as its purpose the
15development and monitoring of a plan for statewide implementation of the eight core
16strategies of the JDAI.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the Collaborative shall enter into
18a memorandum of understanding to pursue the following objectives:
19 (1) Assist in the development and monitoring of a work plan that includes clearly
20defined goals, objectives, and action steps to guide statewide scale work in local jurisdictions
21in the implementation of JDAI core strategies; includes training and technical assistance for
22local jurisdictions and statewide leadership as appropriate; and establishes realistic time
23frames for achievement of goals taking into consideration a wide variance of resource
24availability within and between juvenile jurisdictions.
25 (2) Utilize a clear methodology for assisting local sites to assess their readiness to
26undertake detention system reform efforts. This methodology will include, at a minimum,
27a system assessment, a detention utilization study, the creation of a local collaborative to
28support reform efforts, the presentation of assessment findings, and the development of a
29local work plan.
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1 (3) Develop clear and consistent messaging around JDAI scale work, including a
2marketing and messaging plan to engage elected officials, state-level administrators,
3mid-level supervisors, and line staff on the liabilities of inappropriate use of detention and
4benefits of detention reform.
5 (4) Make recommendations to the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation
6Commission (JJIC), legislators, collaborative partner organizations, and other
7decision-making stakeholders for changes to practices, policies, procedures, regulations,
8state law, or other guidance related to detention utilization.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Collaborative shall adopt such rules and
10procedures as it shall find necessary for the conduct of the activities and meetings of the
11Collaborative.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Collaborative meet at least quarterly and at
13such other times as may be necessary to accomplish its purposes.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Collaborative report on the status of JDAI
15progress to the JJIC at least annually and otherwise upon request of the JJIC.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that members of the Collaborative shall serve
17without additional compensation; however, travel, per diem, and other expenses may be paid
18by the member's respective employer or affiliated agency.
19 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
20to each member of the Collaborative.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 102 Engrossed 2016 Regular Session Leger
Creates the La. Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide Leadership
Collaborative to oversee the process of implementing the core principles and strategies of
Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative statewide.
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