NCJ Number
153982
Date Published
1995
Length
160 pages
Annotation
Standards contained in this manual, developed by the American Correctional Association, deal with boot camp programs designed to provide structure to the lives of juvenile offenders and rehabilitate them.
Abstract
As of January 1993, 19 juvenile boot camp programs operated in eight States, and the program stay of a typical offender averaged 107 days. Because research indicates that many existing boot camp programs have been designed and implemented quickly without feasibility studies and written policies and procedures, standards are presented to guide the establishment of boot camp programs for juvenile offenders. The standards are organized according to five parts: (1) administration and management (general administration, fiscal management, personnel, training and staff development, case records, information systems and research, and citizen involvement and volunteers); (2) physical plant (building and safety codes, facility size and location, facility organization, juvenile housing, environmental conditions, program and service areas, administrative and staff areas, and security); (3) boot camp program operations (security and control, safety and emergency procedures; rules and discipline, and juvenile rights); (4) boot camp program services (food service, sanitation and hygiene, and health care); and (5) juvenile services (reception and orientation, classification, social services, academic and vocational education, library services, recreation and activities, religious programs, mail, telephone, visiting, and release). The accreditation process outlined in the manual provides for public accountability through independent performance verification. Additional information is appended on the standards for juvenile boot camp programs.