{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-9-102","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-9-102","heading":"Purpose","body":"THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES\n\nARTICLE I\n\nPURPOSE\n\nA. The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize\n\nthat each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return\n\nof juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation\n\nor parole and who have absconded, escaped or run away from\n\nsupervision and control and in so doing have endangered their own\n\nsafety and the safety of others. The compacting states also\n\nrecognize that each state is responsible for the safe return of\n\njuveniles who have run away from home and in doing so have left\n\ntheir state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that\n\nCongress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112\n\n(1965), has authorized and encouraged compacts for cooperative\n\nefforts and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime.\n\nB. It is the purpose of this compact, through means of joint\n\nand cooperative action among the compacting states to:\n\n1. Ensure that the adjudicated juveniles and status offenders\n\nsubject to this compact are provided adequate supervision and\n\nservices in the receiving state as ordered by the adjudicating judge\n\nor parole authority in the sending state;\n\n2. Ensure that the public safety interests of the citizens,\n\nincluding the victims of juvenile offenders, in both the sending and\n\nreceiving states are adequately protected;\n\n3. Return juveniles who have run away, absconded or escaped\n\nfrom supervision or control or have been accused of an offense to\n\nthe state requesting their return;\n\n4. Make contracts for the cooperative institutionalization in\n\npublic facilities in member states for delinquent youth needing\n\nspecial services;\n\n5. Provide for the effective tracking and supervision of\n\njuveniles;\n\n6. Equitably allocate the costs, benefits and obligations of\n\nthe compacting states;\n\n7. Establish procedures to manage the movement between states\n\nof juvenile offenders released to the community under the\n\njurisdiction of courts, juvenile departments, or any other criminal\n\nor juvenile justice agency which has jurisdiction over juvenile\n\noffenders;\n\n8. Ensure immediate notice to jurisdictions where defined\n\noffenders are authorized to travel or to relocate across state\n\nlines;\n\n9. Establish procedures to resolve pending charges detainers.\n\nagainst juvenile offenders prior to transfer or release to the\n\ncommunity under the terms of this compact;\n\n10. Establish a system of uniform data collection on\n\ninformation pertaining to juveniles subject to this compact that\n\nallows access by authorized juvenile justice and criminal justice\n\nofficials, and regular reporting of Compact activities to heads of\n\nstate executive, judicial, and legislative branches and juvenile and\n\ncriminal justice administrators;\n\n11. Monitor compliance with rules governing interstate movement\n\nof juveniles and initiate interventions to address and correct\n\nnoncompliance;\n\n12. Coordinate training and education regarding the regulation\n\nof interstate movement of juveniles for officials involved in such\n\nactivity; and\n\n13. Coordinate the implementation and operation of the compact\n\nwith the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children, the\n\nInterstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and other compacts\n\naffecting juveniles particularly in those cases where concurrent or\n\noverlapping supervision issues arise.\n\nIt is the policy of the compacting states that the activities\n\nconducted by the Interstate Commission created herein are the\n\nformation of public policies and therefore are public business.\n\nFurthermore, the compacting states shall cooperate and observe their\n\nindividual and collective duties and responsibilities for the prompt\n\nreturn and acceptance of juveniles subject to the provisions of this\n\ncompact.\n\nThe provisions of this compact shall be reasonably and liberally\nic policies and therefore are public business.\n\nFurthermore, the compacting states shall cooperate and observe their\n\nindividual and collective duties and responsibilities for the prompt\n\nreturn and acceptance of juveniles subject to the provisions of this\n\ncompact.\n\nThe provisions of this compact shall be reasonably and liberally\n\nconstrued to accomplish the purposes and policies of the compact.","path":["OK Code","Title 10A"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os10A.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"4400596b26183a5aebf154f50599670c98415253266d711a55e365533b2b261c","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-9-101","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-10a-10a-2-9-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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