Rule 30-6. Basis for Detention

No child or youth may be held in a juvenile residential center unless a judge of the Superior Court determines, based on the available facts that there is probable cause to believe that the child or youth has committed the delinquent acts alleged, that there is no appropriate less restrictive alternative available and that there is (1) probable cause to believe that the level of risk that the child or youth poses to public safety if released to the community prior to the court hearing or disposition cannot be managed in a less restrictive setting,

(2) a need to hold the child or youth in order to ensure the child's or youth's appearance before the court or compliance with court process, as demonstrated by the child's or youth's previous failure to respond to the court process, or (3) a need to hold the child or youth for another jurisdiction. The court in exercising its discretion to detain under General Statutes § 46b-133 (e) may consider as an alternative to detention a suspended detention order with graduated sanctions based upon a detention risk screening for such child or youth developed by the Judicial Branch.

Committee Notes

(P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 1031.1 (2).) (Amended June 24, 2002, to take effect Jan. 1, 2003; amended June 30, 2008, to take effect Jan. 1, 2009; amended June 20, 2011, to take effect Jan. 1, 2012; amended June 23, 2017, to take effect Jan. 1, 2018; amended June 13, 2019, to take effect Jan. 1, 2020; amended June 10, 2022, to take effect Jan. 1, 2023; amended June 14, 2024, to take effect Jan. 1, 2025.)