Arizona Laws 8-393. Notice of release or escape
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A. The custodial agency shall immediately notify the victim of the postarrest release or escape of the accused.
Terms Used In Arizona Laws 8-393
- Accused: means a juvenile who is referred to juvenile court for committing a delinquent act. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Custodial agency: means any law enforcement officer or agency, a sheriff, a county juvenile detention center, the department of juvenile corrections or a secure mental health facility that has custody of a person who is arrested or in custody for a delinquent or incorrigible offense. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Delinquent: means a child who is adjudicated to have committed a delinquent act. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Delinquent act: means an act to which this article applies pursuant to section 8-381. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Department: means the department of child safety. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Postarrest release: means the discharge of the accused from confinement. See Arizona Laws 8-382
- Secure care: means confinement in a facility that is completely surrounded by a locked and physically secure barrier with restricted ingress and egress. See Arizona Laws 8-201
- Victim: means a person against whom the delinquent act was committed, or if the person is killed or incapacitated, the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent or sibling, any other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or any other lawful representative of the person, except if the person or the person's spouse, parent, child, grandparent, sibling, other person related to the person by consanguinity or affinity to the second degree or other lawful representative is in custody for an offense or is the accused. See Arizona Laws 8-382
B. The department of juvenile corrections shall immediately give notice to a victim and the prosecutor’s office of an escape by, and again upon the subsequent rearrest of, the accused or delinquent who was detained or committed to the department and confined in a secure care facility and who committed a delinquent act against the victim. The department shall give notice by any reasonable means.