Rules and Violations Process
DCYF is implementing a new Rule Violations Process at residential facilities. This modernized approach will provide fair, transparent, and consistent guidance to both staff and young people about the consequences of rule violations.
The approach:
- A three-tiered system that outlines violations and what consequences young people may receive based on the violation level.
- Consequences are based on an intervention matrix that staff will be trained to use when addressing behaviors and determining when a review process is appropriate.
- This allows staff to immediately respond to behavior while prioritizing restorative and procedural justice principles.
- Provides a structure for staff to address violations.
- Allows young people to receive consistent and impartial consequences that are related, logical, developmentally appropriate, and restorative throughout juvenile rehabilitation facilities.
Although this is the first step in modernizing our hearings and behavior management approaches, we will be providing future opportunities for feedback from staff, young people, families, and partners.