To protect the community, provide opportunities for the offenders to make amends to the victim, and hold offenders accountable by connecting them to the community through competency based programming.
Objectives Protect the citizenry from criminal behavior.
Provide support to youth and families by reducing or eliminating risk factors so they will present no harm to themselves, their families, or their future. Provide due process for determining whether accused juveniles have committed offenses while protecting their rights. Provide necessary treatment, education, supervision, and skill development of juvenile offenders while incarcerated. Provide adequate staffing levels to ensure appropriate supervision and accountability of juvenile offenders, which is consistent with public safety. Provide comprehensive services to victims of juvenile crime whenever requested.