Title 24, Prisoners and Their Treatment.

An eligible juvenile offender participating in the BOOT CAMP may be removed at the discretion of the Director. The Director shall promulgate rules and procedures for removal of an eligible juvenile offender from the BOOT CAMP. The rules and procedures shall include the following …

Upon completion of the BOOT CAMP, a graduation ceremony may be held, at which time earned GED’s may be awarded, as well as other appropriate recognition.

The Director shall promulgate rules establishing a program of continuing supervision for BOOT CAMP participants released on conditional release. The program shall be 9 months in length and shall include participation by the eligible juvenile offender’s family members. The program…

The Director shall prepare a report assessing the BOOT CAMP, which shall be presented to the Mayor and the Council of the District of Columbia 12 months after the first day of operation of the BOOT CAMP. This report shall include the following: (1) A summary of the original struc…

The Mayor shall develop and implement a comprehensive plan resulting in the closure of the existing Oak Hill Youth Center facility no later than 4 years after March 17, 2005, and transfer operations to new facilities, one or more of which shall be located on the same property, co…

The Mayor is authorized to enter into and execute on behalf of the District of Columbia a compact with any state or states legally joining in the compact in the form substantially as follows: INTERSTATE CORRECTIONS COMPACT The contracting states solemnly agree that: The party sta…

The Mayor shall do all things necessary and incidental to the execution of the compact.

(a) The Congress finds that: (1) Juveniles who are not under proper supervision and control, or who have absconded, escaped, or run away, are likely to endanger their own health, morals, and welfare, and the health, morals, and welfare of others; and (2) The cooperation of the Di…

The Mayor is authorized to enter into and execute on behalf of the District a compact with any state or states legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES (a) The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize that ea…

(a) The Mayor shall appoint or designate an officer of the government of the District of Columbia (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Compact Administrator”) to administer the Compact. The Compact Administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. (b) The Compac…

The courts, departments, agencies, and officers of the District of Columbia shall enforce the Compact and shall take such action as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and intent of the Compact which may be within their respective jurisdictions.

The Compact shall not be construed to prohibit the adoption of any other plan or procedure for the District of Columbia for the return of any runaway juvenile.

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this chapter is expressly reserved by the Congress.

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Council” means the Council of the District of Columbia. (2) “Judiciary Square” means the area generally bounded by H Street, N.W. to the north, 6th Street, N.W. to the west, Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. and Constitution Avenue, N.W. t…

(a) The Mayor shall construct or renovate a building within or near Judiciary Square for use as a detention facility for the District of Columbia (“District”) to house not more than 1,500 inmates. The facility shall comply with the American Correctional Association standards for …

(a) The Mayor shall submit to the Council a proposal for a detention facility within or near Judiciary Square within 90 days of November 7, 1989. (b) If the Mayor has not entered into a design construction contract for the detention facility within 180 days of May 4, 1990, the Ma…

For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Commission” means the Commission on Re-Entry and Returning Citizen Affairs established by § 24-1303(a). (2) “Director” means the Executive Director of the Office on Returning Citizen Affairs. (3) Repealed. (4) “Office” means the Of…

(a) There is established the Office on Returning Citizen Affairs. The Office shall coordinate and monitor service delivery to returning citizens. The Office shall make recommendations to the Mayor to promote the general welfare, empowerment, and reintegration of returning citizen…

(a) There is established the Commission on Re-Entry and Returning Citizen Affairs to advise the Mayor, the Council, and the Director on the process, issues, and consequences of the reintegration of returning citizens into the general population. (b)(1) The Commission shall consis…

(a) The Mayor is authorized to establish a program for the issuance of a certificate of good standing to any person previously convicted of a crime in the District of Columbia. (b) A certificate of good standing shall include the following: (1) Its date of issuance. (2) The date …

Information regarding a criminal history record of an employee or a former employee shall not be introduced as evidence in a civil action against an employer or its employees or agents if that information is based on the conduct of the employee or former employee, and if the empl…

The Mayor shall contract for delivery of health care for inmates in the custody of the Department of Corrections at the D.C. Jail and Correctional Treatment Facility under a community-oriented healthcare services model. For the purposes of this section, the term “community-orient…

(a) All individuals convicted of violating District laws or regulations shall be eligible to apply for a clemency recommendation from the Board. (b) No application for a clemency recommendation shall be filed pursuant to this chapter if other forms of judicial or administrative r…