The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 28: Public Institutions and Corrections

Chapter 016: Youthful Offenders

• § 1161. Powers and responsibilities of the Commissioner regarding supervision of youthful offenders

  In accordance with 33 V.S.A. chapter 52A, the Commissioner shall be charged with the following powers and responsibilities regarding supervision of youthful offenders:

  (1) consistent with 33 V.S.A. § 5284(d), to designate a case manager who, together with a case manager appointed by the Commissioner for Children and Families, will determine the lead department to preside over the case plan and the provision of services to youths who are adjudicated as youthful offenders;

  (2) together with the Commissioner for Children and Families, to maintain the general supervision of youths adjudicated as youthful offenders and placed on conditions of juvenile probation; and

  (3) to supervise the administration of probation services and establish policies and standards regarding youthful offender probation investigation, supervision, case work, record keeping, and the qualification of probation officers working with youthful offenders. (Added 2017, No. 72, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018.)

• § 1162. Methods of supervision

  (a) Electronic monitoring. The Commissioner may utilize an electronic monitoring system to supervise a youthful offender placed on juvenile probation.

  (b) Graduated sanctions.

  (1) If ordered by the court pursuant to a modification of a youthful offender disposition under 33 V.S.A. § 5285(c)(1), the Commissioner may sanction the youthful offender in accordance with rules adopted pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection.

  (2) The Department of Corrections shall adopt rules pursuant to 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 that establish graduated sanction guidelines for a youthful offender who violates the terms of his or her probation. (Added 2017, No. 72, § 2, eff. July 1, 2018.)