N.Y.C. Admin. Code § 21-905: § 21-905

By January 15, 2025, and no later than 90 days after the end of each quarter thereafter, ACS shall submit a report about the demographics of juveniles in the juvenile justice system to the speaker of the council and post such report on ACS’s website. All data contained in such report must be in a machine-readable format and include a comparison of the data in the current reporting period to the data in the 4 preceding reporting periods, to the extent such information is available. The report required by this section must be accessible through the city’s open data web portal. Such report must include the following information:

a.

Admissions to detention facilities.

1. The number of admissions during the previous quarter to the following facilities:

(a) secure and specialized secure detention facilities, disaggregated by facility; and

(b) non-secure detention facilities.

2. The data provided pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision shall be disaggregated by the following factors:

(a) age;

(b) gender;

(c) race;

(d) zip code of residence;

(e) for youth remanded to a detention facility by a court, the most serious charged offense on the court petition, complaint, or indictment at the time ACS assumed custody, further disaggregated by the youth’s age, gender, and race;

(f) for youth brought to detention by police, the top arrest charge at the time ACS assumed custody, further disaggregated by the youth’s age, gender, and race; and

(g) whether such youth is in foster care.

b.

Demographic data for detention facilities.

1. The average daily population during the previous quarter in the following facilities:

(a) secure and specialized secure detention facilities, in total and disaggregated by facility; and

(b) non-secure detention facilities in total.

2. The number of youth admitted to a detention facility during the previous quarter who spent time either in non-secure detention only, secure and specialized secure detention only, or both non-secure and secure detention, and disaggregated by the following factors:

(a) age;

(b) gender;

(c) race;

(d) zip code of residence;

(e) for youth remanded to a detention facility by a court, the most serious charged offense on the court petition, complaint, or indictment at the time ACS assumed custody;

(f) for youth brought to detention by police, the top arrest charge at the time ACS assumed custody; and

(g) whether such youth is in foster care.

3. During the prior quarter, the average and median bail amounts imposed by the criminal court on youth in ACS custody and the percentage of youth in ACS custody who were remanded by the criminal court to detention without the imposition of bail, disaggregated by juvenile and adolescent offenders; and

4. The number of adolescent offenders in the facility on the last day of the reporting period who are serving a sentence in specialized secure detention, further disaggregated by top charge at sentencing, age, gender, and race.

c.

Admissions to placement facilities.

1. The number of placement admissions during the previous quarter in the following facilities:

(a) non-secure placement facilities, in total; and

(b) limited-secure placement facilities, in total.

2. The data provided pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision shall be disaggregated by the following factors:

(a) age;

(b) gender;

(c) race;

(d) zip code of residence;

(e) youth who were detained at a detention facility immediately prior to being ordered to a placement facility by a court pursuant to the family court act;

(f) youth who were not detained at a detention facility immediately prior to being ordered to a placement facility by a court pursuant to the family court act;

(g) youth who were transferred to an ACS placement facility from the custody of the New York state office of children and family services in accordance with subdivision 6 of section 404 of the social services law;

(h) for youth ordered to a placement facility by a court, the most serious offense adjudicated against such youth by the court; and

(i) whether such youth is in foster care.

d.

Demographic data for placement facilities.

1. The average daily population during the previous quarter in the following facilities:

(a) non-secure placement facilities, in total; and

(b) limited-secure placement facilities, in total.

2. The number of youth admitted to a placement facility during the previous quarter who spent time either in non-secure placement only, limited secure placement only, or both non-secure and limited secure placement, disaggregated by the following factors:

(a) age;

(b) gender;

(c) race;

(d) zip code of residence;

(e) for youth remanded to a detention facility by a court, the most serious offense adjudicated against such youth by the court; and

(f) whether such youth is in foster care.

e.

Data on transfers.

1. The number of youth who have been transferred during the previous quarter from:

(a) a non-secure detention facility to a secure detention facility;

(b) a secure and specialized secure detention facility to a non-secure detention facility;

(c) a non-secure placement facility to a limited secure placement facility;

(d) a non-secure placement facility to a secure placement facility;

(e) a limited secure placement facility to a non-secure placement facility;

(f) a limited secure placement facility to a secure placement facility;

(g) a secure placement facility to a limited secure placement facility; and

(h) a secure placement facility to a non-secure placement facility.

2. The data provided pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision shall be disaggregated by the following factors:

(a) age;

(b) gender; and

(c) race.

f.

Pre-sentence data.

1. The number of youth housed in non-secure, secure, and specialized secure juvenile detention facilities pre-sentencing, in total and disaggregated by the following factors, as defined in the New York state family court act and criminal procedure law:

(a) juvenile delinquents, in total and disaggregated by secure detention facility or non-secure facility;

(b) juvenile offenders, in total and disaggregated by facility; and

(c) adolescent offenders, in total and disaggregated by facility.

2. The data provided pursuant to paragraph 1 of this subdivision shall be disaggregated by the following factors:

(a) age;

(b) gender;

(c) race;

(d) zip code of residence;

(e) the most serious charged offense on the court petition, complaint, or indictment, or top arrest charge at the time ACS assumed custody; and

(f) the average, median, minimum, and maximum length of detention, as well as the standard deviation for pre-sentencing or pre-disposition youth.

g. No information that is otherwise required to be reported pursuant to this section shall be reported in a manner that would violate any applicable provision of federal, state or local law related to the privacy of information. If any category requested contains between 1 and 5 youth, the number shall be replaced with a symbol.