SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DC Criminal Reforms 
to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act’’ or the ‘‘DC 
CRIMES Act’’. 
SEC. 2. YOUTH OFFENDERS. 
(a) LIMITING YOUTH OFFENDER STATUS IN DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA TO INDIVIDUALS 18 YEARS OF AGE 
OR YOUNGER.— 
(1) LIMITATION.—Section 2(6) of the Youth 
Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘24 years of 
age or younger’’ and inserting ‘‘18 years of age or 
younger’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) REPEAL CONSIDERATION OF INDIVID-
UALS 18 THROUGH 24 YEARS OF AGE IN STRA-
TEGIC PLAN FOR FACILITIES, TREATMENT, AND 
SERVICES.—Section 3(a–1) of such Act (sec. 
24–902(a–1), D.C. Official Code) is amended 
by striking paragraph (3). 
(B) COMMUNITY
SERVICE
FOR
INDIVID-
UALS UNDER ORDER OF PROBATION.—Section 
4(a)(2) of such Act (sec. 24–903(a)(2), D.C. 
Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘15 to 24 
years of age’’ and inserting ‘‘15 to 18 years of 
age’’. 
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(b) PROHIBITING ISSUANCE
OF SENTENCE LESS 
THAN MANDATORY-MINIMUM TERM.—Section 4(b) of 
such Act (sec. 24–903(b), D.C. Official Code) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2); and 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2). 
SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF WEBSITE ON 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JUVENILE CRIME 
STATISTICS. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION.—Subchapter 
I of chapter 23 of title 16, District of Columbia Official 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 16–2340a. Website of updated statistics on juvenile 
crime 
‘‘(a) 
ESTABLISHMENT
AND
OPERATION
OF 
WEBSITE.—The Attorney General of the District of Co-
lumbia shall establish and operate a publicly accessible 
website which contains data on juvenile crime in the Dis-
trict of Columbia, including each of the following statis-
tical measures: 
‘‘(1) The total number of juveniles arrested 
each year. 
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‘‘(2) The total number and percentage of juve-
niles arrested each year, broken down by age, race, 
and sex. 
‘‘(3) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the total number and percentage arrested 
for petty crime, including the following crimes: 
‘‘(A) Vandalism. 
‘‘(B) Theft. 
‘‘(C) Shoplifting. 
‘‘(4) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the total number and percentage arrested 
for crime of violence (as defined in section 23– 
1331(4)). 
‘‘(5) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the total number and percentage who 
were arrested for their first offense. 
‘‘(6) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the total number and percentage who had 
been arrested previously. 
‘‘(7) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year who had been arrested previously, the 
total number and percentage of the number of ar-
rests. 
‘‘(8) Of the total number of juveniles arrested 
each year, the declination rate for prosecutions by 
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the Office of the Attorney General for the District 
of Columbia. 
‘‘(9) Of the total number of juveniles sentenced 
each year, the number and percentage who were 
tried as adults. 
‘‘(10) Of the total number of juveniles pros-
ecuted each year, the number and percentage who 
were not sentenced, who were sentenced to a mis-
demeanor, and who were sentenced to a felony. 
‘‘(11) Of the total number of juveniles sen-
tenced each year, the number and percentage of the 
length of time that will be served in a correctional 
facility as provided by the sentence. 
‘‘(b) UPDATES.—The Attorney General shall update 
the information contained on the website on a monthly 
basis. 
‘‘(c) MAINTAINING ARCHIVE OF INFORMATION.—The 
Attorney General shall ensure that the information con-
tained on the website is archived appropriately to provide 
indefinite public access to historical data of juvenile ar-
rests and prosecutions. 
‘‘(d) FORMAT.—The Attorney General shall ensure 
that the information contained in the website, including 
historical data described in subsection (c), is available in 
a machine-readable format available for bulk download. 
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‘‘(e) PROHIBITING DISCLOSURE
OF PERSONALLY 
IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Attorney General shall ensure that the website 
does not include any juvenile’s personally identifiable in-
formation. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘crime’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘offense’ in section 23–1331(2); and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘juvenile’ has the meaning given 
the term ‘youth offender’ in section 2(6) of the 
Youth Rehabilitation Act of 1985 (sec. 24–901(6), 
D.C. Official Code).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO AU-
THORIZED RELEASE OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) JUVENILE
CASE
RECORDS
OF
FAMILY 
COURT.—Section 16–2331, District of Columbia Of-
ficial Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (i) as sub-
section (j); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (h–2) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(i) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 
a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 
case records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 
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website established and operated under section 16– 
2340a.’’. 
(2) JUVENILE
SOCIAL
RECORDS
OF
FAMILY 
COURT.—Section 16–2332, District of Columbia Of-
ficial Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (h) as sub-
section (i); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (g) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, 
a person shall provide information contained in juvenile 
social records to the Attorney General for purposes of the 
website established and operated under section 16– 
2340a.’’. 
(3) POLICE
AND
OTHER
LAW
ENFORCEMENT 
RECORDS.—Section 16–2333, District of Columbia 
Official Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub-
section (h); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (f) the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(g) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, 
a person shall provide information contained in law en-
forcement records and files concerning a child to the At-
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