TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DIVISION 5: JUVENILE JUSTICE
§ 5152. Reassessment of Committed Juveniles – Records – Failure to Reassess. (a) DYS shall make periodic reassessments of all juveniles committed to detention for the purpose of determining whether existing orders and dispositions in individual cases should be modified or continued in force. Assessments may be made as frequently as DYS considers desirable and shall be made with respect to every juvenile at intervals not exceeding one year. Reports of periodic reassessments made pursuant to this section shall be filed with the court from which the juvenile was committed. (b) DYS shall keep written records of assessments, prognosis, and all orders concerning disposition or treatment of every juvenile committed to detention. (c) Failure of DYS to assess a juvenile committed to detention or to reassess him within one year of a previous assessment shall not of itself entitle the juvenile to discharge from the control of DYS but shall entitle him to petition the committing court for an order of discharge and the court shall discharge him unless DYS satisfies the court of the need for further control. Source: PL 16-47, § 25, modified. Commission Comment: The Commission removed figures that repeated written words pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(e). For information regarding the transfer of the Juvenile Detention Unit from DYS to the Department of Corrections and the responsibilities of DYS, see Commission Comment to 6 CMC §§ 5111-12.