In this chapter:

1. (1) “Assessment and evaluation” or “A&E” means the orientation of youth to an institution and the process for evaluating a youth’s history and needs in a type 1 secured correctional facility.
2. (2) “Administrator” means the administrator of the division of juvenile corrections or that person’s designee.
3. (3) “Aftercare” means the aftercare supervision status of a youth, as used in s. 938.34 (4n), Stats., who is released from a type 1 or type 2 secured correctional facility by the office of juvenile offender review or by action of a court under s. 938.357, Stats., and is supervised outside of a type 1 secured correctional facility by the department or a county department until the expiration or termination of the youth’s court ordered supervision.
4. (3m) “Aftercare case plan” means “aftercare plan” as defined in s. 938.357 (4g), Stats.
5. (4) “Aftercare provider” means the department or the county department designated to provide aftercare supervision under s. 938.34 (4n), Stats.
6. (5) “Agent” means a person, or that person’s designee, employed by the department or a county department who provides aftercare supervision or community supervision for a youth who has a type 2 status under s. 938.533 (3) (b), 938.538 (4) or 938.539, Stats., and who is authorized to make decisions regarding aftercare or community supervision matters.
7. (6) “Alternate care placement” means the placement of a youth in an alternate placement, including placement in a child caring institution, group home, foster home or treatment foster home.
8. (7) “Assessment and evaluation report” means the written comprehensive assessment of a youth’s background and needs prepared during the youth’s assessment and evaluation.
9. (8) “Corrective sanctions program” means the program under s. 938.533, Stats.
10. (9) “County department” means a county department under s. 938.02 (2g), Stats.
11. (10) “Day” means a calendar day.
12. (11) “Department” means the department of corrections.
13. (12) “Discharge” means discharge from supervision.
14. (13) “Division” means the department’s division of juvenile corrections.
15. (14) “Educational evaluation report” means a written report completed during assessment and evaluation that describes a youth’s school history, identifies present performance levels and educational deficits and recommends an individual educational plan.
16. (15) “Extended jurisdiction” means the continued jurisdiction of a court over a youth until the age of 21 or 25 as ordered by the court under s. 48.366, Stats.
17. (16) “Extension” means the extension of a youth’s dispositional order, as provided under s. 938.365, Stats.
18. (17) “Guardian” means the person named by the court having the duty and authority of guardianship.
19. (18) “Institution” means a type 1 secured correctional facility.
20. (19) “JPRC” means the joint planning and review committee which makes short-term and long-term planning recommendations for youth with membership consisting of a representative of the type 1 secured correctional facility in which the youth resides, the assigned OJOR reviewer, a representative of the committing county and a representative of the aftercare provider.
21. (20) “Juvenile classification system” means a structured and consistent method of case decision-making based upon an assessment of a youth’s criminal history, program needs and risk of continued criminal activity.
22. (21) “Needs assessment instrument” has the meaning given in s. 938.549 (1) (b), Stats.
23. (22) “OJOR” means the division’s office of juvenile offender review.
24. (23) “Parent” has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (13), Stats.
25. (24) “Regional chief” means a division regional manager or that person’s designee who is responsible for oversight of community correctional services.
26. (25) “Release status” means the status of a youth who has been released from a type 1 or type 2 secured correctional facility to a release placement, including the youth’s home, a relative’s home, foster home, group home, child caring institution or independent living.
27. (26) “Risk assessment instrument” means an instrument used to evaluate the likelihood that a youth may continue delinquent or criminal activity.
28. (27) “Serious juvenile offender” means a person to whom the court has given the disposition specified in s. 938.34 (4h), Stats.
29. (28) “Staff” means an employee of the department.
30. (29) “Superintendent” means the superintendent of a type 1 secured correctional facility or that person’s designee.
31. (30) “Supervision” means the rights and duties of the department or a county department under ss. 48.366 and 938.505, Stats., with respect to a youth placed in a type 1 or type 2 secured correctional facility or on aftercare by a court or by the department.
32. (31) “Supervisor” means a department or a county department employee responsible for the supervision or administration of aftercare supervision or that person’s designee.
33. (32) “Type 1 secured correctional facility” has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (19), Stats.
34. (33) “Type 2 secured correctional facility” has the meaning given in s. 938.02 (20), Stats.
35. (34) “Waived offender” means a youth who is convicted of a crime after the juvenile court waived jurisdiction under s. 938.18, Stats., and is placed in a type 1 secured correctional facility pursuant to s. 973.013 (3m), Stats.
36. (35) “Youth” means a person or persons under the supervision of the department or a county department consistent with the requirements of law regardless of age.

History

History: Cr. Register, June, 2000, No. 534, eff. 7-1-00; correction in (3) made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 7., Stats., Register December 2006 No. 612; correction in (3) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register February 2019 No. 758.