Oregon Statutes 419C.495 – When commitment to youth correction facility authorized
(1) An adjudicated youth placed in the legal custody of the Oregon Youth Authority may be placed in a youth correction facility or in a private institution operated as a facility for adjudicated youths requiring secure custody only when the juvenile court having jurisdiction so recommends.
Terms Used In Oregon Statutes 419C.495
- 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.
(2) An adjudicated youth who is admitted to a youth correction facility may be retained in the facility for the duration of the commitment period. In no case may an adjudicated youth be retained in a youth correction facility after the adjudicated youth has attained 25 years of age.
(3) No adjudicated youth shall be transferred or returned after discharge to a facility described in subsection (1) of this section, except upon court order under this chapter.
(4) Nothing in subsection (3) of this section shall be deemed to prohibit return of an adjudicated youth to a facility described in subsection (1) of this section, in the discretion of the youth authority, if the adjudicated youth has been released from the facility on temporary or indefinite parole, or to prohibit transfer of an adjudicated youth from one such facility to another. [1993 c.33 § 244; 1999 c.109 § 2; 2021 c.489 § 87]