New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 13 - LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY › Chapter 91 - TRANSFER OF JUVENILES TO THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13:91-1.3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following words and terms when used in this chapter shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
"Adjudicated delinquent" means an individual found by a court to have committed an act of delinquency.
"Attorney General" means the Attorney General of the State of New Jersey.
"Commission" means the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
"Department" means the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
"Deputy Executive Director" means the Deputy Executive Director of the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.
"Executive Director" means the Executive Director of the New Jersey Juvenile Justice Commission.
"Hearing officer" means an impartial hearing officer who is not an employee of the Commission, and who has been designated by the Attorney General or designee to hear requests for transfers of juveniles from the care and custody of the Commission to DOC under the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:91-3, Transfer Hearing.
"Interested party" means:
1. A person who is related to the juvenile through blood, marriage, adoption, civil union, or domestic partnership and including a stepparent;
2. A person appearing on a list of visitors approved under the provisions of 13:95-20.4;
3. A legal or other representative; or
4. A member of the clergy.
"Juvenile" means both an individual who has been adjudicated delinquent and sentenced to a term of incarceration to be served under the custody of the Commission and an individual who has been convicted of an offense subject to waiver under the provisions of 2A:4A-46 and sentenced to serve a custodial sentence in a Commission facility, and who is residing in a juvenile facility.
"Juvenile" means both an individual who has been adjudicated delinquent and sentenced to a term of incarceration to be served under the custody of the Commission and an individual who has been convicted of an offense subject to waiver under the provisions of 2A:4A-26.1 and sentenced to serve a custodial sentence in a Commission facility, and who is residing in a juvenile facility.
"Juvenile," for the purpose of transfers to DOC under this chapter, means an individual who has been adjudicated delinquent and sentenced to a term of incarceration to be served under the custody of the Commission and who is residing in a juvenile facility.
"Juvenile facility" means any Commission facility that houses juveniles and employs custody personnel (52:17B-174 ) to provide security.
"Juvenile Reception Classification Committee" (JRCC) means a group of Commission staff persons that have been designated to make decisions related to the needs of adjudicated delinquents from admission to discharge.
"Juveniles representative" means either the Ombudsman or private counsel selected, retained, and paid for by the juvenile, as determined under the provisions of N.J.A.C. 13:91-3.7.
"Juveniles representative" means either the Ombudsman or private counsel selected, retained, and paid for by the juvenile, as determined under the provisions of 13:91-3.7.
"Secure Care Administrator" means the manager employed by the Commission who oversees the administration of the juvenile facilities.
"Superintendent" means the chief executive officer of a juvenile facility.