Okla. Stat. tit. 10A, § 10A-2-9-102

THE INTERSTATE COMPACT FOR JUVENILES

ARTICLE I

PURPOSE

A. The compacting states to this Interstate Compact recognize

that each state is responsible for the proper supervision or return

of juveniles, delinquents and status offenders who are on probation

or parole and who have absconded, escaped or run away from

supervision and control and in so doing have endangered their own

safety and the safety of others. The compacting states also

recognize that each state is responsible for the safe return of

juveniles who have run away from home and in doing so have left

their state of residence. The compacting states also recognize that

Congress, by enacting the Crime Control Act, 4 U.S.C. Section 112

(1965), has authorized and encouraged compacts for cooperative

efforts and mutual assistance in the prevention of crime.

B. It is the purpose of this compact, through means of joint

and cooperative action among the compacting states to:

1. Ensure that the adjudicated juveniles and status offenders

subject to this compact are provided adequate supervision and

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services in the receiving state as ordered by the adjudicating judge

or parole authority in the sending state;

2. Ensure that the public safety interests of the citizens,

including the victims of juvenile offenders, in both the sending and

receiving states are adequately protected;

3. Return juveniles who have run away, absconded or escaped

from supervision or control or have been accused of an offense to

the state requesting their return;

4. Make contracts for the cooperative institutionalization in

public facilities in member states for delinquent youth needing

special services;

5. Provide for the effective tracking and supervision of

juveniles;

6. Equitably allocate the costs, benefits and obligations of

the compacting states;

7. Establish procedures to manage the movement between states

of juvenile offenders released to the community under the

jurisdiction of courts, juvenile departments, or any other criminal

or juvenile justice agency which has jurisdiction over juvenile

offenders;

8. Ensure immediate notice to jurisdictions where defined

offenders are authorized to travel or to relocate across state

lines;

9. Establish procedures to resolve pending charges detainers.

against juvenile offenders prior to transfer or release to the

community under the terms of this compact;

10. Establish a system of uniform data collection on

information pertaining to juveniles subject to this compact that

allows access by authorized juvenile justice and criminal justice

officials, and regular reporting of Compact activities to heads of

state executive, judicial, and legislative branches and juvenile and

criminal justice administrators;

11. Monitor compliance with rules governing interstate movement

of juveniles and initiate interventions to address and correct

noncompliance;

12. Coordinate training and education regarding the regulation

of interstate movement of juveniles for officials involved in such

activity; and

13. Coordinate the implementation and operation of the compact

with the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children, the

Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision and other compacts

affecting juveniles particularly in those cases where concurrent or

overlapping supervision issues arise.

It is the policy of the compacting states that the activities

conducted by the Interstate Commission created herein are the

formation of public policies and therefore are public business.

Furthermore, the compacting states shall cooperate and observe their

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individual and collective duties and responsibilities for the prompt

return and acceptance of juveniles subject to the provisions of this

compact.

The provisions of this compact shall be reasonably and liberally
ic policies and therefore are public business.

Furthermore, the compacting states shall cooperate and observe their

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individual and collective duties and responsibilities for the prompt

return and acceptance of juveniles subject to the provisions of this

compact.

The provisions of this compact shall be reasonably and liberally

construed to accomplish the purposes and policies of the compact.