Policy
If the juvenile meets JDC booking criteria, appropriate medical release forms (provided by HCMC upon completion of medical treatment/evaluation of juvenile) must accompany the juvenile before he/she is admitted into JDC. It shall be at the sole discretion of the JDC Supervisor or Nursing staff whether a juvenile should be seen at HCMC, as there may be other factors not listed above.
In regards to intoxicated juveniles, JDC policy states:
“The Admissions Juvenile Correctional Officer shall not accept custody of juveniles referred to detention who appear to be intoxicated from alcohol, drugs or inhalants, but shall direct the referring agent to HCMC’s Emergency Department. Juveniles who appear intoxicated from alcohol shall submit to a breath analysis test. Those juveniles that register .090 or higher, or refuse to submit to a breath analysis test shall be denied admittance to detention and the referring agent directed to HCMC’s Emergency Department”.
The preliminary breath test (PBT) will be administered by JDC.
If a juvenile is admitted to the hospital for an extended period of time, the precinct of the arresting officers shall be responsible for providing a guard until the juvenile can be taken to JDC, or until otherwise properly relieved.
Note: After the juvenile has been charged he/she is then under the authority of the county at which time JDC or the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office will take over guard duty.
Definitions
Refer to the Commonly Used Terms page for general definitions.
- Juvenile: An individual who is under the age of eighteen (18) years.