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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
22available to secure the appearance of the juvenile in court or to protect the safety of the
23youth or the public; and
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1 WHEREAS, in 2014, the National Research Council published a comprehensive
2review of the juvenile justice system entitled, "Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental
3Approach", which found no convincing evidence that confinement of juvenile offenders
4reduces the likelihood of reoffending; and
5 WHEREAS, the Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative, supported by the Annie
6E. Casey Foundation (Foundation), has repeatedly demonstrated over a period of twenty
7years that jurisdictions can safely reduce reliance on secure detention following their eight
8core strategies:
9 (1) Collaboration.
10 (2) Use of accurate data.
11 (3) Objective admissions criteria and screening instruments.
12 (4) New and enhanced non-secure alternatives to detention.
13 (5) Case processing improvements.
14 (6) Special detention cases.
15 (7) Reducing racial disparities.
16 (8) Improving conditions of confinement; and
17 WHEREAS, Louisiana became a JDAI partner in 2006 through the Louisiana
18Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice and five jurisdictions were selected
19by the Foundation to participate: Caddo, Calcasieu, East Baton Rouge, Jefferson, and
20Orleans; and
21 WHEREAS, following the success of implementing the model reforms in each of
22these five JDAI jurisdictions and with the desire of the stakeholders in the Louisiana juvenile
23justice system to engage in scale work statewide, the Foundation selected Louisiana to
24participate in a "Going to Scale" initiative which endeavors to develop a model, state-level
25process for expanding JDAI improvements strategically and with fidelity to all juvenile
26detention centers in the state; and
27 WHEREAS, a critical aspect of JDAI scale work requires a state leadership
28collaboration including key multi-branch state and local stakeholders to ensure that JDAI
29is implemented strategically, responsibly, and effectively with fidelity statewide.
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1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
2create the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative Statewide Leadership
3Collaborative to oversee the process of implementing the core principles and strategies of
4JDAI statewide in order to improve public safety and long-term outcomes for youth in
5Louisiana by safely eliminating the unnecessary or inappropriate use of detention,
6redirecting public funds to effective youth development endeavors, and identifying and
7reducing racial and ethnic disparities.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana JDAI Statewide Leadership
9Collaborative (Collaborative) shall be composed of the following members:
10 (1) The chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court or his designee.
11 (2) The chair of the Louisiana Senate Committee on Judiciary B or his designee.
12 (3) The chair of the Louisiana House Committee on Administration of Criminal
13Justice or his designee.
14 (4) The deputy secretary of youth services of the Department of Public Safety and
15Corrections or his designee.
16 (5) The secretary of the Department of Children and Family Services or his
17designee.
18 (6) The secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals or his designee.
19 (7) The state superintendent of education or his designee.
20 (8) The chair of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Advisory Board
21or his designee.
22 (9) The state public defender or his designee.
23 (10) The executive director of the Louisiana District Attorneys Association or his
24designee.
25 (11) The president of the Louisiana Juvenile Detention Association or his designee.
26 (12) The executive director of the Louisiana Center for Children's Rights or his
27designee.
28 (13) The executive director of Families and Friends of Louisiana's Incarcerated
29Children or his designee.
30 (14) The executive director of the Louisiana Sheriffs Association or his designee.
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1 (15) The executive director of the Louisiana Association of Chiefs of police or his
2designee.
3 (16) The president of the Louisiana Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
4or his designee.
5 (17) The executive director of the Children's Cabinet or his designee.
6 (18) A representative from each of the five Louisiana model JDAI sites.
7 (19) Such other members as identified and invited by the Collaborative.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the JDAI State Coordinator of the Louisiana
9Commission on Law Enforcement and Administration of Criminal Justice shall provide the
10necessary support and staff for the Collaborative to conduct its work.
11 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Collaborative shall have as its purpose the
12development and monitoring of a plan for statewide implementation of the eight core
13strategies of the JDAI.
14 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the members of the Collaborative shall enter into
15a memorandum of understanding to pursue the following objectives:
16 (1) Assist in the development and monitoring of a work plan that includes clearly
17defined goals, objectives, and action steps to guide statewide scale work in local jurisdictions
18in the implementation of JDAI core strategies; includes training and technical assistance for
19local jurisdictions and statewide leadership as appropriate; and establishes realistic time
20frames for achievement of goals taking into consideration a wide variance of resource
21availability within and between juvenile jurisdictions.
22 (2) Utilize a clear methodology for assisting local sites to assess their readiness to
23undertake detention system reform efforts. This methodology will include, at a minimum,
24a system assessment, a detention utilization study, the creation of a local collaborative to
25support reform efforts, the presentation of assessment findings, and the development of a
26local work plan.
27 (3) Develop clear and consistent messaging around JDAI scale work, including a
28marketing and messaging plan to engage elected officials, state-level administrators,
29mid-level supervisors, and line staff on the liabilities of inappropriate use of detention and
30benefits of detention reform.
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1 (4) Make recommendations to the Juvenile Justice Reform Act Implementation
2Commission (JJIC), legislators, collaborative partner organizations, and other
3decision-making stakeholders for changes to practices, policies, procedures, regulations,
4state law, or other guidance related to detention utilization.
5 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Collaborative shall adopt such rules and
6procedures as it shall find necessary for the conduct of the activities and meetings of the
7Collaborative.
8 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Collaborative meet at least quarterly and at
9such other times as may be necessary to accomplish its purposes.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Collaborative report on the status of JDAI
11progress to the JJIC at least annually and otherwise upon request of the JJIC.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that members of the Collaborative shall serve
13without additional compensation; however, travel, per diem, and other expenses may be paid
14by the member's respective employer or affiliated agency.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
16to 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 Re-Reengrossed 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.
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on House and
Governmental Affairs to the engrossed resolution:
1. Change reference to the secretary of the Dept. of Education to the state
superintendent of education.
2. Change reference to the deputy secretary of the Dept. of Public Safety and
Corrections, office of juvenile justice, to the deputy secretary of youth services
of the department.
The House Floor Amendments to the reengrossed bill:
1. Make technical corrections.
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