TITLE 6: CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
DIVISION 5: JUVENILE JUSTICE
§ 5153. Term of Commitment – Review After Commitment. A juvenile offender committed to a secure facility shall remain until the offender reaches eighteen years of age, is retained for extended custody pursuant to 4 CMC § 5137, or is released or discharged. For every, juvenile offender committed to a secure facility, DYS shall conduct a review of the juvenile's treatment plan and make modifications, if necessary, within ninety days after commitment. Source: PL 16-47, § 27, modified. Commission Comment: The Commission changed the order of this section from its original placement in PL 16-47; changed public law section references to the corresponding codified section numbers; and removed figures that repeated written words pursuant to 1 CMC § 3806(b), (c), and (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.