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SECTION 14-1-36.1

§ 14-1-36.1 Release from training school.– (a) No child sentenced to the training school for youth, after being founddelinquent or wayward, shall be released prior to the end of his or hersentence unless authorized by a justice of the family court, after a hearingwith due notice to the parties to the petition upon which the child wassentenced. At any such hearing, the family court shall authorize the release ofthe child to his or her home and/or to the care and custody of the departmentof children, youth and families unless the court finds that the child:

(1) Poses a substantial risk of harm to self; or

(2) Poses a substantial risk of harm to others; or

(3) Has demonstrated that he or she may leave thejurisdiction of the court.

Provided, however, any child who has been certified andadjudicated pursuant to §§ 14-1-7.2 and 14-1-7.3, may not be releasedprior to the end of his or her sentence, except as authorized under §14-1-42 of this chapter.

(b) A child so sentenced may be allowed as part of arehabilitation program to be placed temporarily in a community program outsideof the training school only when authorized by the family court.

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SECTION 14-1-36.1

§ 14-1-36.1 Release from training school.– (a) No child sentenced to the training school for youth, after being founddelinquent or wayward, shall be released prior to the end of his or hersentence unless authorized by a justice of the family court, after a hearingwith due notice to the parties to the petition upon which the child wassentenced. At any such hearing, the family court shall authorize the release ofthe child to his or her home and/or to the care and custody of the departmentof children, youth and families unless the court finds that the child:

(1) Poses a substantial risk of harm to self; or

(2) Poses a substantial risk of harm to others; or

(3) Has demonstrated that he or she may leave thejurisdiction of the court.

Provided, however, any child who has been certified andadjudicated pursuant to §§ 14-1-7.2 and 14-1-7.3, may not be releasedprior to the end of his or her sentence, except as authorized under §14-1-42 of this chapter.

(b) A child so sentenced may be allowed as part of arehabilitation program to be placed temporarily in a community program outsideof the training school only when authorized by the family court.

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SECTION 14-1-36.1

§ 14-1-36.1 Release from training school.– (a) No child sentenced to the training school for youth, after being founddelinquent or wayward, shall be released prior to the end of his or hersentence unless authorized by a justice of the family court, after a hearingwith due notice to the parties to the petition upon which the child wassentenced. At any such hearing, the family court shall authorize the release ofthe child to his or her home and/or to the care and custody of the departmentof children, youth and families unless the court finds that the child:

(1) Poses a substantial risk of harm to self; or

(2) Poses a substantial risk of harm to others; or

(3) Has demonstrated that he or she may leave thejurisdiction of the court.

Provided, however, any child who has been certified andadjudicated pursuant to §§ 14-1-7.2 and 14-1-7.3, may not be releasedprior to the end of his or her sentence, except as authorized under §14-1-42 of this chapter.

(b) A child so sentenced may be allowed as part of arehabilitation program to be placed temporarily in a community program outsideof the training school only when authorized by the family court.