For the purposes of this subchapter, the following definitions apply:
- (1) "Assigned juvenile parole officer" means the officer whom the Youth Services Division assigns to monitor the youth who enters a state youth correctional facility.
- (2) "Department" means the Department of Corrections as authorized in 2-15-2301, MCA.
- (3) "Discharge" means formal action taken by the department to relieve both the department and the youth court of jurisdiction over a youth who has been committed to department custody.
- (4) "Facility" means a state youth correctional facility as defined in 41-5-103, MCA.
- (5) "Length of stay" means the length of time a youth is incarcerated in a state youth correctional facility.
- (6) "Parole" means release from a state youth correctional facility to the community, subject to supervision of the department.
- (7) "Release" means the act of allowing the youth to leave the youth correctional facility to juvenile parole.
- (8) "Secure facility emergency release" is a release granted by the superintendent of a state youth correctional facility because the population of the facility has exceeded the capacity of the facility.
- (9) "Youth parole agreement" means a document containing the terms and conditions of the youth's release on parole.
Authorizing statute(s): 52-5-102, MCA
Implementing statute(s): 52-5-102, MCA
History: NEW, 1999 MAR p. 214, Eff. 1/29/99; AMD, 2001 MAR p. 672, Eff. 4/27/01; AMD, 2013 MAR p. 1337, Eff. 7/26/13.