Authorizing judges to commit juvenile offenders to detention for technical violations of probation, increasing the cumulative detention limit for juvenile offenders and increasing criminal penalties for juvenile offenders who use a firearm in the commission of an offense or who are repeat offenders.

Summary

The bill lets Kansas judges place a juvenile in detention for a technical violation of probation when other options have been exhausted and the youth poses a risk. It also increases the total amount of time a juvenile can be detained and stiffens penalties for youths who use firearms or reoffend. The changes apply to all juvenile offenders processed under the state’s juvenile justice code.

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