Found 5 matches.
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The Comeback and Coming-from-Behind States: An Update on Youth Incarceration in the United States
Tags: California | Connecticut | Illinois | Missouri | Mississippi | Nebraska | New York | Ohio | South Dakota | Texas | Washington | Wisconsin | Wyoming | National | Deinstitutionalization | NJJN Publications
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South Dakota Adds Competency Protections for Youth with Mental Illness or Developmental Disability
Tags: South Dakota | Brain and Adolescent Development | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Legislation
South Dakota now allows a youth, the state, or the court to raise the issue of a youth’s competency to proceed at any point in a juvenile case if there is reasonable cause to believe the youth is suffering from a mental illness or developmental disability that renders the youth incompetent to proceed. If the court finds that a competency determination is necessary, it must order an evaluation of the youth by a licensed psychiatrist or psychologist within 30 days. All proceedings must be suspended pending the outcome of the competency determination. Examiners must evaluate the youth’s capacity to understand the allegations in the petition, ability to understand the nature of the adversarial process, understand the range of possible dispositions, effectively assist his or her attorney, and testify in court. H.B. 1073/Act No. 121, signed into law March 4, 2013; effective July 1, 2013.
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In the Interest of Z.B., 2008 SD 108, South Dakota Supreme Court
Tags: South Dakota | Sex Offender Registries | Court Decisions and Related Documents
Court decision holding that some juvenile sex offender and notification laws violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because juveniles are arbitrarily treated differently than adults.
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South Dakota to Improve Treatment of Native American Youth in School, ACLU Press Release
Tags: South Dakota | Racial and Ethnic Disparities | Media
The ACLU and Winner School District agreed to a settlement to end the harsh treatment of Native American youth.
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South Dakota Improves Mental Health Treatment, South Dakota, S.B. 178
Tags: South Dakota | Mental Health and Substance Abuse | Legislation