,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhgd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ah1
 #bjad ,mr4 ,casey introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,juvenile ,justice and ,delinquency     
,prevention ,act of #aigd to eliminate  
the use of valid court orders to secure 
lockup of status offenders1 and for     
other purposes4  #a4  ,short title      
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,prohibiting ,detention of ,youth       
,status ,offenders ,act of #bjad4  #b4  
,deinstitutionalization of status       
offenders  ,section #bbc of the         
,juvenile ,justice and ,delinquency     
,prevention ,act of #aigd 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #efcc7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection
 7a77#aa7--  7,a7 in the matter         
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 shall12  7,b7 in subparagraph 7,a7--   
7i7 in clause 7i71 by adding and at the 
end2  7ii7 in clause 7ii71 by striking  

and at the end2  7iii7 by striking      
clause 7iii72 and  7iv7 in the matter   
following clause 7iii71 by striking and 
at the end2 and  7,c7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7,c7 if a court     
determines that a juvenile should be    
placed in a secure detention facility or
 secure correctional facility for       
violating an order described in         
subparagraph 7,a77ii7--  7i7 the court  
shall issue a written order that--  7,i7
 identifies the valid court order that  
the juvenile has violated2  7,,ii7      
specifies the factual basis for         
determining that there is reasonable    
cause to believe that the juvenile has  
violated the order2  7,,iii7 includes   
findings of fact to support a           
determination that there is no          
appropriate less restrictive alternative
 available to placing the juvenile in a 
secure detention facility or secure     
correctional facility1 with due         
consideration to the best interest of   
the juvenile2  7,,iv7 specifies the     

length of time1 not to exceed #c days1  
that the juvenile may remain in a secure
 detention facility or secure           
correctional facility2  7,v7 includes a 
plan for the release of the juvenile    
from the secure detention facility or   
secure correctional facility2 and       
7,,vi7 may not be renewed or extended2  
and  7ii7 the court may not issue a     
subsequent order described in clause 7i7
 relating to a juvenile1 unless the     
juvenile violates a valid court order   
after the date on which the court issues
 an order described in clause 7i72  7,d7
 there are procedures in place to ensure
 that a juvenile held in a secure       
detention facility or secure            
correctional facility pursuant to a     
court order described in subparagraph   
7,c77i7 does not remain in a secure     
detention facility or secure            
correctional facility longer than #c    
days 7with the exception of weekends and
 holidays7 or the length of time        
authorized by the court1 or authorized  

under applicable ,state law1 whichever  
is shorter2 and  7,e7 a juvenile status 
offender held in a secure detention     
facility or secure correctional facility
 pursuant to a court order described in 
subparagraph 7,c77i7 may only be held in
 a secure detention facility or secure  
correctional facility #a time in any    
#f-month period1 provided that the      
conditions set forth in subparagraph    
7,c7 are satisfied4  2 and  7#b7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7g7   
,additional requirement ,not later than 
#a year after the date of enactment of  
this subsection1 no ,state receiving a  
formula grant under this part may use a 
valid court order described in          
subsection 7a77#aa77;,a77ii7 to place a 
juvenile status offender in a secure    
detention facility or secure            
correctional facility4 ,a ,state that   
can demonstrate hardship as determined  
by the ,administrator may submit to the 
,administrator an application for a     
single #a-year extension to comply with 

the requirement described in this       
subsection1 which shall describe--  7#a7
 the measurable progress and good faith 
effort in the ,state to reduce the      
number of juvenile status offenders who 
are placed in a secure detention        
facility or correctional facility       
pursuant to a court order described in  
subsection 7a77#aa77;,a77ii72 and  7#b7 
a plan to comply with the requirement   
described in this subsection not later  
than #a year after the date the         
extension is granted4  4