La. Admin. Code tit. 22 § I-710

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-710 - Reporting and Documenting Escapes (Youth Services) [Formerly Section 320]

A. Purpose. To establish the secretary's policy regarding the notification of law enforcement agencies of escapes from juvenile institutions within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and the maintenance of records and details of escapes.

B. To Whom This Regulation Applies. This regulation is applicable to all superintendents within the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services.

C. Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

Division Director - either the director of the Division of Institutions or the director of the Division of Evaluation and Placement.

Escape - the unauthorized absence of an offender from the grounds of a secure juvenile correctional institution, or from the custody of an employee while in transit, or from the lawful custody of a law enforcement officer, or failure to return from a furlough, or being absent from a secure juvenile institution without leave.

Law Enforcement Agency - the sheriff's office, any city police department in the parish in which the escape occurs, and the Office of State Police.

Secure Juvenile Institution - an institution, inclusive of subunits, that is used exclusively for juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent and is characterized by exclusive staff control on a 24-hour basis over the rights of its residents to enter or leave the premises.

Unit Head - the superintendent or highest ranking Office of Juvenile Services employee physically present and in charge of a juvenile institution at the time of an escape.

D. Procedure

1. The unit head shall, within 10 minutes after being notified that a juvenile offender has escaped from or left the premises or grounds of the institution without authority, notify, or take necessary steps to ensure the notification, of every law enforcement agency, as defined herein, and the appropriate division director. The division director shall notify the assistant secretary of the Office of Juvenile Services, who shall notify the deputy secretary of Corrections Services, who shall notify the secretary of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections.

2. The unit head shall maintain a record and description of every escape from the institution. The record shall list the following:

a. date and time of escape;

b. number of offenders who escaped;

c. offense(s) for which the escapee(s) was placed at the institution;

d. name of each law enforcement agency notified;

e. time each law enforcement agency was notified;

f. name of the person receiving notification; and

g. name of the employee or agent who notified the law enforcement agency.

3. The report shall be available for public inspection and shall list all prior escapes, if any, from the institution within the last five years, or the date of the last escape. A copy of the report shall be delivered to each law enforcement agency and the assistant secretary of the Office of Juvenile Services by the end of each fiscal year.

E. The effective date of this regulation is July 20, 1991.

La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § I-710

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services, LR 17:671 (July 1991).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:909(1).