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Detention definition

Detention or "detain" means the lawful confinement of a
Detention or "detain" means the lawful confinement of a person, under the provisions of this chapter;
Detention means home detention or secure detention.

Examples of Detention in a sentence

  • Genesis Psychology Associates will perform preliminary mental health screenings at the request of inmates/juveniles or at the request of the Jail Administrator or designee/jail staff on site at the Jail/Juvenile Detention Center.

  • Genesis Psychology Associates shall provide mental health services as needed to juveniles in the Scott County Juvenile Detention Center and inmates in the Scott County Jail Facility.

  • Genesis Psychology Associates staff will also provide diagnostic and medication evaluations in the detention center on juveniles at the request of the Juvenile Court Manager/Juvenile Detention Center Director.

  • A drug formulary will be utilized in the Jail and Detention Center.

  • In the event of a mental health crisis, Genesis Psychology Associates staff/designee shall be available for psychiatric emergency services/consultation in the Juvenile Detention Center and the Jail before 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and on weekends and holidays.


More Definitions of Detention

Detention means arrest; confinement in any vehicle subsequent to an arrest; confinement in any public or private facility for custody of persons charged with or convicted of crime in this state or another state or under the laws of the United States or alleged or found to be a delinquent child or unruly child in this state or another state or under the laws of the United States; hospitalization, institutionalization, or confinement in any public or private facility that is ordered pursuant to or under the authority of section 2945.37, 2945.371, 2945.38, 2945.39, 2945.40, 2945.401, or 2945.402 of the Revised Code; confinement in any vehicle for transportation to or from any facility of any of those natures; detention for extradition or deportation; except as provided in this division, supervision by any employee of any facility of any of those natures that is incidental to hospitalization, institutionalization, or confinement in the facility but that occurs outside the facility; supervision by an employee of the department of rehabilitation and correction of a person on any type of release from a state correctional institution; or confinement in any vehicle, airplane, or place while being returned from outside of this state into this state by a private person or entity, pursuant to a contract entered into under division (E) of section 311.29 of the Revised Code or division (B) of section 5149.03 of the Revised Code. For a person confined in a county jail who participates in a county jail industry program pursuant to section 5147.30 of the Revised Code, “detention” includes time spent at an assigned work site and going to and from the work site.
Detention means the temporary storage of stormwater runoff in a stormwater detention facility for the purpose of controlling the peak discharge.
Detention means the temporary care of children pending court adjudication or disposition, or execution of a court order, in a public or private facility designed to physically restrict the movement and activities of children.
Detention or “detention facility” means a facility established under ORS 419A.010 to
Detention means the holding or temporary placement of a youth in the youth's home under
Detention or “detention facility” means a facility established under ORS 419A.010 to 419A.020 and 419A.050 to 419A.063 for the detention of children, wards, youths or youth offenders pursuant to a judicial commitment or order.
Detention means the temporary care and maintenance of youth held