La. Admin. Code tit. 22 § I-771

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

Section I-771 - Reporting and Documenting Escapes, Apprehensions, Runaways, and AWOLs

A. Purpose. This rule establishes the policy and procedures for reporting and documenting, escapes, apprehensions, runaways, and AWOLs (absent without leave).

B. Applicability. Assistant secretary, facility directors, Probation and Parole Program Director, and Youth Services (YS) Regional Managers.

C. Policy. It is the deputy secretary's policy that all escapes, apprehensions, runaways, and AWOLs, whether from a secure or non-secure facility, shall be reported and documented. Appropriate law enforcement agencies shall be notified as outlined herein and each unit shall maintain appropriate vigilance in apprehending youth.

D. Procedures

1. All escapes, apprehensions, runaways, and AWOLs shall be reported to YS Central Office in accordance with YS rules.

2. When an escape from a secure facility occurs, appropriate law enforcement agencies shall be notified in accordance with R.S. 15:909, as well as the control center at the Jetson Center for Youth (JCY). The prosecuting district attorney shall be notified immediately if required by YS rules. Appropriate law enforcement agencies shall also be notified of runaways and AWOLs.

3. The JCY Control Center is responsible for notifying NCIC and appropriate local law enforcement agencies of all escapes, runaways, and AWOLs.

4. The YS Central Office Duty Officer shall confirm that all notifications of escapes, apprehensions, runaways, and AWOLs have been made or cleared as appropriate.

5. For escapes from secure care facilities, the Office of Youth Development (OYD) will obtain a fugitive warrant from an East Baton Rouge Parish judge for the unserved portion of the disposition.

6. Notification of all apprehensions shall be in accordance with YS rules. The prosecuting district attorney shall be notified of apprehensions if required by YS rules.

7. Notification to registered crime victims shall be made in accordance with YS rules.

8. Directors of secure care facilities shall maintain a record and description of every escape from their facility pursuant to R.S. 15:909.

9. The report shall be available for public inspection and shall list any prior escapes within the last five years from that facility.

10. YS Central Office Duty Officer

a. All escapes and apprehensions shall be reported by telephone immediately to the YS Central Office Duty Officer and followed up with return receipt e-mail notification.

b. YS Central Office shall monitor facility progress of apprehension efforts and shall actively participate in apprehension efforts for youth who escape from any facilities. Searches shall be coordinated with the facility from which the youth escaped and the appropriate law enforcement agencies.

c. Information regarding escapes and apprehensions shall be reported pursuant to YS rules.

11. Investigative Report. After any escape from a secure care facility, an investigative report shall be prepared and submitted to the deputy secretary outlining any operational failures or weaknesses that contributed to the escape, as well as a plan of action implemented to minimize a recurrence. A critical incident review shall be conducted with the facility and central office staff within 14 days of the incident.

La. Admin. Code tit. 22, § I-771

Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Youth Services, Office of Youth Development, LR 32:1907 (October 2006).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 15:549, R.S. 15:909, R.S. 46:1844, and Ch.C. Art. 811.1.