Juveniles: electronic monitoring.

Existing law subjects a minor between 12 and 17 years of age, inclusive, who violates any federal, state, or local law or ordinance to, and a minor under 12 years of age who is alleged to have committed specified serious offenses to, the jurisdiction of the juvenile court, which may adjudge the minor to be a ward of the court. Existing law authorizes a probation officer to release a minor who has been taken into temporary custody because they have been alleged to have committed an offense back to the custody of their parent, legal guardian, or responsible relative on home supervision under the supervision of the probation officer, except as specified. Existing law authorizes the use of electronic monitoring in criminal court under a home detention program for inmates held in a county jail or other correctional facility or granted probation, or inmates participating in a work furlough program, under certain conditions, in lieu of confinement. Existing law also requires that for all felony and misdemeanor sentences, when the defendant has been in custody, that all days of custody of the defendant, including days served in home detention under electronic monitoring, are to be credited upon the defendant's term of imprisonment, or credited to any base fine, as specified. This bill would entitle a minor to have one day credited against the minor's maximum term of confinement for each day, or fraction thereof, that the minor serves on electronic monitoring. This bill would, if electronic monitoring is imposed for a period of greater than 30 days, require the court to hold a hearing every 30 days to ensure that the minor does not remain on electronic monitoring for an unreasonable length of time, as specified. The bill would prohibit electronic monitoring devices from being used to converse with a minor or to eavesdrop or record any conversation. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to collect certain criminal justice data from specified persons and agencies, and to make available to the public information relating to criminal statistics through the department's OpenJustice Web portal, to be updated at least once per year. Existing law requires those criminal statistics on the portal to include the administrative actions taken by law enforcement, judicial, penal, and correctional agencies or institutions, including those in the juvenile justice system, in dealing with criminals or delinquents. This bill would also require the Department of Justice, in complying with those reporting requirements, to include data regarding the use of electronic monitoring in juvenile court, as specified.