Detention - The total number of youth served in a particular program during the reporting period. Since the same youth can have multiple admissions to detention and be served in more than one particular facility in the course of a year, the total clients served in all facilities will not equal the sum of the clients served in each facility. Commitment - Commitments are dispositions of juvenile cases resulting in the transfer of legal custody to the Department of Human Services by the court as a result of an adjudicatory hearing on charges of delinquent acts committed by the youth. An objective commitment classification instrument is administered during assessment to guide the placement decisions concerning the type of commitment program most suitable for individual youth given the severity of their commitment offense coupled with the risk of reoffending. Commitment Sentences - Juveniles who have been adjudicated delinquent and committed to the Division of Youth Corrections can be given either nonmandatory or mandatory sentences.
Mandatory sentences can include repeat and violent offenders.
Community LOS - The average amount of time spent in community programs for youth discharged from DYC during the reporting period. These programs include both group residential care and foster care programs. Concurrent Sentence - A recommitment sentence which runs simultaneous to the original commitment sentence. Consecutive Sentence - A recommitment sentence which runs consecutive to the original commitment sentence. Contempt Sentence - A detention sentence can be applied for failure to obey a court's lawful orders.