The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2024 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 28 : Public Institutions and Corrections
Chapter 016 : Youthful Offenders
(Cite as: 28 V.S.A. § 1161)-
§ 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.)