Ohio Code 5139.191 – Apprehending juvenile escapees
Any sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, officer of state or local police, or employee of the department of youth services shall apprehend any child who has escaped from an institution under the jurisdiction of the department and return the child. The written request of the superintendent of the institution from which the child has escaped shall be sufficient cause to authorize the apprehension and return of the child to the institution. Such request shall state the name and description of the child, that the child is under the jurisdiction of the department of youth services, and that the superintendent has personal knowledge that the child has escaped. A child so apprehended may be confined in the detention facility of the county in which the child is apprehended until removed to the proper institution.
Terms Used In Ohio Code 5139.191
- Child: includes child by adoption. See Ohio Code 1.59
- institution: means a state facility that is created by the general assembly and that is under the management and control of the department of youth services or a private entity with which the department has contracted for the institutional care and custody of felony delinquents. See Ohio Code 5139.01
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- state: means the state of Ohio. See Ohio Code 1.59