As Amended
SEC. 41-21-109. Rehabilitation facilities for mentally ill or mentally retarded juvenile offenders; establishment.
(1) The purpose of this section is to provide modern and efficient rehabilitation facilities for mentally ill or mentally retarded juvenile offenders in Mississippi, who have been committed for treatment by a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to Section 41-21-61 et seq., Mississippi Code of 1972.
(2) The Department of Finance and Administration, acting through the Bureau of Building, Grounds and Real Property Management, using funds from bonds, monies appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes, federal matching or other federal funds, federal grants or other available funds from whatever source, shall provide for by construction, lease, lease-purchase or otherwise and equip the following juvenile rehabilitation facilities under the jurisdiction and responsibility of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health: Construction and equipping of two (2) separate facilities each of which could serve up to fifty (50) adolescents, and each of which will be located at sites approved by the Department of Mental Health that would be specifically designed to serve adolescents who have come into contact with the judicial system after committing a crime and who are mentally ill or mentally retarded to the extent that it is not acceptable to house them with non-handicapped inmates and who meet commitment criteria as defined by Section 41-21-61, Mississippi Code of 1972. One (1) 50-bed facility shall house mentally ill adolescent offenders. The other shall house mentally retarded adolescent offenders. These facilities shall be self-contained and offer a secure but therapeutic environment allowing persons to be habilitated apart from persons who are more vulnerable and who have disabilities that are more disabling. The number of persons admitted to these facilities shall not exceed the number of beds authorized under Section 41-21-109 or the number of beds licensed or authorized by the licensure and certification agency, whichever is less.
The handicapped juvenile offender rehabilitation facility location shall be on property owned by the Department of Mental Health, or its successor, at one or more sites selected by the Department of Mental Health on land that is either donated to the state or purchased by the state specifically for the location of such facilities.
SOURCES: Laws, 1995, ch. 528, Sec. 1, eff from and after passage (approved April 5, 1995)