§ 504-a. Secure facilities. 1. As used in this article, "secure\nfacility" means a residential facility in which a juvenile delinquent\nmay be placed under this article, which is characterized by physically\nrestricting construction, hardware and procedures, and is designated as\na secure facility by the division under this section.\n 2. Secure facilities shall provide appropriate services to the\nresidents, including but not limited to: residential care, educational\nand vocational training, physical and mental health services, and\nemployment counseling.\n 3. A youth shall be placed in or transferred to a secure facility\nonly:\n (a) by order of the family court pursuant to section 353.5 of the\nfamily court act; or\n (b) after a hearing pursuant to regulations of the division, with the\nwritten approval of the director of the division or his or her designee.\n 4. The division shall promulgate regulations governing secure\nfacilities of the division, including but not limited to:\n (a) limitations as to capacity;\n (b) services to be provided and conditions to be maintained;\n (c) a grievance procedure for residents to be run by the division,\nwith the use of personnel separate from that of the facility;\n (d) procedures for admission to and release or transfer from the\nfacility;\n (e) periodic inspection by the division, not to be conducted by\npersonnel of the facility.\n 5. A juvenile delinquent residing in a facility operated pursuant to\nthis title may be maintained in group confinement if he constitutes a\nserious and evident danger to himself or other persons, if such\nconfinement is clearly necessary to prevent escape, if the child\ndemonstrates by his behavior that he is in need of special care and\nattention in a living unit separate from his normal surroundings, or if\nsuch confinement is necessary for purposes of the child's own\nprotection. The division shall promulgate regulations providing for a\nprocedure governing transfers to group confinement and periodic review\nof such confinement.\n
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