Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 22 - CORRECTIONS, CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT › Part I - Corrections › Chapter 7 - Youth Services › Subchapter C - Field Operations › Section I-771 - Reporting and Documenting Escapes, Apprehensions, Runaways, and AWOLs

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. Purpose. This
				  rule establishes the policy and procedures for reporting and documenting,
				  escapes, apprehensions, runaways, and AWOLs (absent without leave).
B. Applicability. Assistant secretary,
				  facility directors, Probation and Parole Program Director, and Youth Services
				  (YS) Regional Managers.
C. Policy.
				  It is the deputy secretary's policy that all escapes, apprehensions, runaways,
				  and AWOLs, whether from a secure or non-secure facility, shall be reported and
				  documented. Appropriate law enforcement agencies shall be notified as outlined
				  herein and each unit shall maintain appropriate vigilance in apprehending
				  youth.
D. Procedures
1. All escapes, apprehensions, runaways, and
				  AWOLs shall be reported to YS Central Office in accordance with YS
				  rules.
2. When an escape from a
				  secure facility occurs, appropriate law enforcement agencies shall be notified
				  in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  15:909, as well as the control center at the
				  Jetson Center for Youth (JCY). The prosecuting district attorney shall be
				  notified immediately if required by YS rules. Appropriate law enforcement
				  agencies shall also be notified of runaways and AWOLs.
3. The JCY Control Center is responsible for
				  notifying NCIC and appropriate local law enforcement agencies of all escapes,
				  runaways, and AWOLs.
4. The YS
				  Central Office Duty Officer shall confirm that all notifications of escapes,
				  apprehensions, runaways, and AWOLs have been made or cleared as
				  appropriate.
5. For escapes from
				  secure care facilities, the Office of Youth Development (OYD) will obtain a
				  fugitive warrant from an East Baton Rouge Parish judge for the unserved portion
				  of the disposition.
6. Notification
				  of all apprehensions shall be in accordance with YS rules. The prosecuting
				  district attorney shall be notified of apprehensions if required by YS
				  rules.
7. Notification to
				  registered crime victims shall be made in accordance with YS rules.
8. Directors of secure care facilities shall
				  maintain a record and description of every escape from their facility pursuant
				  to
				  R.S.
				  15:909.
9. The report shall be available for public
				  inspection and shall list any prior escapes within the last five years from
				  that facility.
10. YS Central
				  Office Duty Officer
a. All escapes and
				  apprehensions shall be reported by telephone immediately to the YS Central
				  Office Duty Officer and followed up with return receipt e-mail
				  notification.
b. YS Central Office
				  shall monitor facility progress of apprehension efforts and shall actively
				  participate in apprehension efforts for youth who escape from any facilities.
				  Searches shall be coordinated with the facility from which the youth escaped
				  and the appropriate law enforcement agencies.
c. Information regarding escapes and
				  apprehensions shall be reported pursuant to YS rules.
11. Investigative Report. After any escape
				  from a secure care facility, an investigative report shall be prepared and
				  submitted to the deputy secretary outlining any operational failures or
				  weaknesses that contributed to the escape, as well as a plan of action
				  implemented to minimize a recurrence. A critical incident review shall be
				  conducted with the facility and central office staff within 14 days of the
				  incident.