{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-902","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 24-902","heading":"Facilities, treatment, and services for youth offenders.","body":"(a)\nThe Mayor shall provide facilities, treatment, and services for the developmentally appropriate care, custody, subsistence, education, workforce training, and protection of the following youth offenders:\n(1)\nThose pending trial on charges of having committed misdemeanor or felony offenses under District law; and\n(2)\nThose convicted of misdemeanor or felony offenses under District law and who are in the District's care or custody.\n\n(a-1)\n(1)\nBy September 30, 2019, the Mayor shall develop and submit to the Council a strategic plan for providing the facilities, treatment, and services for youth offenders required by subsection (a) of this section.\n(2)\nThe strategic plan shall include recommendations for adopting and implementing inter-agency programming by District agencies to address the following:\n(A)\nThe educational, workforce development, behavioral and physical health care, housing, family, and reentry needs of youth offenders before commitment, while in District or federal care or custody, and upon reentry;\n(B)\nThe availability of a continuum of developmentally appropriate, community-based services for youth offenders before commitment, while in District care or custody, and upon reentry;\n(C)\nBest practices in restorative justice for victims, youth offenders, including for youth offenders convicted of violent offenses, and persons at risk of becoming youth offenders;\n(D)\nThe expansion of diversion programs for persons at risk of becoming youth offenders; and\n(E)\nOutreach by the District to committed youth offenders in District or federal care or custody to identify needs for services and plan for reentry.\n(3)\nIn developing the strategic plan required by this subsection, the Mayor shall consult with community-based organizations with expertise in juvenile justice issues and justice system-involved young adults 18 through 24 years of age.\n\n(b)\nRepealed.\n\n(c)\nThe federal Bureau of Prisons is authorized to provide facilities, treatment, and services for the developmentally appropriate care, custody, subsistence, education, workforce training, segregation, and protection of youth offenders convicted of felony offenses under District law and in federal care or custody.","path":["Title 24. Prisoners and Their Treatment.","Chapter 9. Youth Offender Programs.","Subchapter I. Youth Rehabilitation."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/24-902","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"d2ef274aaf417fcce19bf11bd62383d3671591dc429b5aa62b4f206828a78009","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-901","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-24-903"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}