41-2801. Definitions


In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:


1. "Committed youth" or "youth" means a person who is eight years of age or older
but who has not yet attained the age of eighteen years and who has been committed
according to law to the department of juvenile corrections for supervision,
rehabilitation, treatment and education.


2. "Department" means the department of juvenile corrections.


3. "Director" means the director of the department of juvenile corrections.


4. "Educational system" means the state educational system for committed youth.


5. "Secure care" means confinement in a facility that is completely surrounded by a
locked and physically secure barrier with restricted ingress and egress.