Kentucky Administrative Regulations › Title 505 - JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE › Chapter 1 - Child Welfare › Section 505 KAR 1:330 - Personal property, dress, and clothing and bedding supply

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 1, 2024
RELATES TO:
				KRS
				15A.065,
				15A.0652,
				15A.067,
				200.080-200.120, Chapters
				600-645
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY:
				KRS
				15A.065(1),
				15A.0652,
				15A.067,
				15A.160,
				605.150,
				635.095, and
				640.120 authorize the Justice
				and Public Safety Cabinet and the Department of Juvenile Justice to promulgate
				administrative regulations for the proper administration of the cabinet and its
				programs. This administrative regulation establishes personal property
				limitations and requirements for clothes and bedding for juvenile detention
				centers, youth development centers, and group homes.
Section 1. Personal Property
(1) At intake, staff shall take inventory of
			 personal belongings of the juvenile and the juvenile and staff shall sign the
			 personal property inventory. The juvenile shall receive a copy of the
			 inventory, the original shall be maintained in the individual client record,
			 and a copy shall be maintained with the property.
(2) The facility shall provide the juvenile
			 with written information, in the juvenile orientation handbook or otherwise,
			 concerning the property that may remain in the juvenile's possession.
(a) A juvenile in a juvenile detention center
			 may have the following:
1. Letters;
2. Court papers;
3. Photos with no nudity, revealing clothes,
			 or gang signs;
4. Religious book,
			 e.g. Bible, Quran;
5. School work
			 or certificates.
(b) A
			 juvenile in a youth development center or group home may have the following:
1. Letters;
2. Court papers;
3. Photos with no nudity, revealing clothes,
			 or gang signs;
4. Religious book,
			 e.g. Bible, Quran; and
5. School
			 work or certificates;
6. Treatment
			 work;
7. Personal
			 journals;
8. Watch; and
9. At least one set of personal clothes
			 including shirt, pants, and shoes.
(3) The youth's parent or caregiver shall be
			 advised of the personal items needed or permitted at the facility.
(4) Items and clothes that are inappropriate
			 pursuant to the dress code in Section 3(5) of this administrative regulation
			 shall be stored or returned to the parent or caregiver.
(5) Property Disposal.
(a) After thirty (30) days, the juvenile's
			 personal account shall be used to send unpermitted property to the juvenile's
			 parent or caregiver with delivery confirmation; or
(b) If the juvenile does not have sufficient
			 funds to send the property, the facility shall incur the cost of delivery to
			 the parent or caregiver with delivery confirmation.
(6) The inventory shall be updated and signed
			 by the youth as items are added or removed.
(7) Inventoried items shall be signed for and
			 returned to the juvenile, upon release from the custody of DJJ.
(8) Personal belongings of a juvenile absent
			 without leave or on escape status shall be stored and retained by the program
			 for thirty (30) days following the AWOL or escape incident.