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| Juveniles Supervised Probation Program |
| By casperjournal.com |
| Published: 04/05/2010 |
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Some came into the courtroom texting or chatting and laughing with friends. A few came with parents. Others slipped in quietly alone, with their heads down. None of the teenagers seemed particularly happy to be there, but all of them knew why they were in Judge Steven Brown’s circuit courtroom in the Townsend Justice Center at 3:30 p.m. on a Thursday afternoon. The minors 18 and younger had done something to land them in Intensive Supervised Probation (ISP). Natrona County has a “single point of entry” system for juveniles. All citations for minors are reviewed weekly. First-time offenders are placed in a Youth Diversion program, which provides education, counseling, drug and alcohol assessment, school attendance and supervised probation. For those who successfully complete the program, no charges are ever filed. With the continuum of care model that the Natrona County District Attorney’s office supervises in collaboration with the Natrona County School District, second time or more serious offenders, or those who don’t comply with the Youth Diversion program, could be placed in ISP for a higher level of supervision through circuit court. The decision of which road a juvenile will take is made by a committee that meets each Wednesday to share information on his or her previous contacts with the juvenile justice system; personal information from the Youth Diversion program, school district and others; school status; and the type of offense. ISP has four rules: school attendance, counseling, meeting probation requirements and not breaking the law. The program is modeled after adult drug court and it works, according to assistant district attorney Brian Christensen. When the program was suspended when grant funding for three probation officers ran out in April 2007, 35 of the 18 youth in the program dropped out of school within three weeks. Read More. |
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