The department of human services and the judicial department shall establish guidelines for the emergency release of juveniles committed to the custody of the department of human services during periods of crisis overcrowding of facilities operated by such department. Such guidelines shall take into consideration the best interests of juveniles, the capacity of individual facilities, and the safety of the public.
Source: L. 96: Entire article amended with relocations, p. 1671, § 1, effective January 1, 1997.
Editor's note: This section was formerly numbered as 19-2-1607.