Initiatives

Detention Assessment Instrument

Detention Assessment Instrument -

DJJ continues to implement its Detention Assessment Instrument, a structured decision making tool used to guide detention decisions by Intake Officers. This objective instrument is designed to enhance consistency and equity in the detention decision making process and to ensure that only those juveniles who represent a serious threat to public safety or failure to appear in court are held in secure pre-trial detention. Recently, an evaluation of these outcomes was completed and found that adherence to the DAI results in satisfactory public safety outcomes.