Fund | Dollars | Positions | |
---|---|---|---|
JUVENILE JUSTICE, DEPARTMENT OF | |||
PROGRAM: ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROGRAM SUPPORT | |||
CONTRACTING AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT |
8,959,981
|
123.50 |
|
PROGRAM: JUVENILE DETENTION PROGRAM | |||
DETENTION CENTERS |
121,355,167
|
1,473.00 |
|
PROGRAM: OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY/ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES | |||
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES |
20,173,381
|
178.00 |
|
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
7,706,553
|
59.50 |
|
PROGRAM: PREVENTION AND VICTIM SERVICES | |||
DELINQUENCY PREVENTION AND DIVERSION |
87,005,140
|
20.00 |
|
PROGRAM: PROBATION AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PROGRAM | |||
COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS AND SERVICES |
50,276,765
|
503.00 |
|
COMMUNITY SUPERVISION |
94,021,106
|
836.50 |
|
PROGRAM: RESIDENTIAL CORRECTIONS PROGRAM | |||
NON-SECURE RESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT |
126,171,477
|
.00 |
|
SECURE RESIDENTIAL COMMITMENT |
75,846,130
|
92.00 |
|
TOTAL |
591,515,700 |
3,285.50 |
Juvenile Justice Changes. The 2018 Legislature enacted Ch. 2019-167, Laws of Florida, which removes mandatory direct file, which is the required transfer of certain youth to adult court. A state attorney may still transfer a youth to adult court under discretionary direct file based on the youth's age, offense, and prior criminal record. The bill also made changes to civil citations. It added a locally authorized entity to the list of entities that can operate a civil citation program as long as the program was already operating as of October 1, 2018, and approved by the state attorney. Additionally, the bill transfers data entry responsibility from DJJ to the civil citation program. It requires the program to enter data into DJJ's data system within seven days of the youth's admission.
DJJ Visitation. The 2018 Legislature enacted Ch. 2018-47, Laws of Florida, which allows authorized people to visit DJJ facilities. Authorized people include the Governor, a cabinet member, a member of the Legislature, a judge of a state court, a state attorney, a public defender, or a person authorized by the secretary of the department.
Diversion Program Expunction. The 2018 Legislature enacted Ch. 2018-127, Laws of Florida, which requires the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to adopt rules for the expunction of nonjudicial records for a juvenile after successfully completing a diversion program for a misdemeanor offense. Additionally, the department cannot charge a processing fee for expunctions of nonjudicial records for juveniles under this category. Additionally, the law allows for a juvenile who successfully completes a diversion program for a first-time misdemeanor to deny or fail to acknowledge participation in the diversion program and expunction of the nonjudicial arrest record unless asked by a criminal justice agency for the purpose of determining eligibility for a diversion program, a criminal investigation, or making a prosecutorial decision.
Prolific Juvenile Offenders. The 2017 Legislature enacted Ch. 2017-164, Laws of Florida, which defines certain repeat juvenile offenders as prolific juvenile offenders and increases the use of detention for these offenders. The law defines prolific juvenile offenders using three criteria in s. 985.255(1)(j), Florida Statutes. The first criterion is that the child is charged with a delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult. The second is that the child has a previous adjudication or adjudication withheld for a felony offense or delinquent act that would be a felony if committed by an adult. Finally, the child must have five or more of any of the following, with at least three for felony offenses or delinquent acts that would have been felonies if committed by an adult: an arrest event for which a disposition has not been entered; an adjudication; or an adjudication withheld.
The law increases the use of detention for prolific juvenile offenders by requiring that a prolific juvenile offender be placed in nonsecure detention with electronic monitoring or secure detention under a special detention order until disposition, which is the final decision by the court about sanctions, conditions, or services. The 2018 Legislature enacted Ch. 2018-86, Laws of Florida, which requires a prolific juvenile offender who is taken into custody for violation of the nonsecure detention conditions to be placed in secure detention until a hearing occurs.
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