38-502. Management; purpose. The detention home shall be in the charge of a person or persons who shall be under the supervision of the judge of the district court. The inmates of the detention home shall be controlled as far as possible through parental care. The children shall be placed in the public schools if possible, or the commissioners may provide for separate instruction within the home. The detention home is to supplement the work of the district court and to be used instead of any jail or prison, but it shall be the policy of the judge of the district court, court services officer and the person or persons in charge of the detention home to make the detention home a temporary home and as soon as possible to provide for the return of the inmates of the home to their biological parents, adoptive parents or legal guardians.
History: L. 1907, ch. 177, § 8; R.S. 1923, 38-502; L. 1975, ch. 52, § 12; L. 1976, ch. 145, § 164; L. 1984, ch. 112, § 11; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Article 5 - Detention And Parental Homes Or Farms
38-501 Establishment by county commissioners; petition; election.
38-503 Same; record; monthly report.
38-504 Same; support and maintenance; tax levy, use of proceeds; salary of matron or superintendent.
38-505 Establishment by county commissioners or upon petition of electors.
38-507 Purchase of buildings; tax levy, use of proceeds.
38-508 Same; management; advisory board; appointment; terms.
38-511 Land and buildings for farm.
38-512 Petition; election; separate election for establishment of farm for girls.
38-513 Purchase of juvenile farms; tax levy, use of proceeds.
38-514 Same; commitments to farm.
38-523 Farm or home; election; petition; bonds or tax levy.
38-524 Same; donations; regulations.
38-525 Same; commitments to home.
38-526 Same; management; advisory board; compensation; salary of person in charge, how paid.
38-528 Homes for children under 18; petition; election; lease of building; control of home.
38-530 Same; filing of agreement with registers of deeds and secretary of state.
38-531 Same; management; purpose.
38-532 Same; duties of matron or superintendent; records and reports.
38-533 Same; maintenance and improvement; tax levy, use of proceeds.
38-534 Same; issuance of bonds in counties party to undertaking, when; election provisions.
38-535 Same; disposition of taxes collected and proceeds of bonds issued.
38-536 Care for children under 18 in custody of district court.
38-537 Maintenance and support; tax levy, use of proceeds.
38-538 Superintendent or director; board of directors; appointment; terms; duties.
38-539 Bequests and donations.
38-540 Commitment to home by district court.
38-541 Youth camps for children under 18; board of directors.
38-542 Agreements for establishment; contents; conditions.
38-543 Agreements to be filed.
38-545 Same; records and reports of superintendent.
38-547 Bond issues; protest petitions for election; limitations upon issuance.
38-548 Same; proceeds of tax levy into special fund.
38-550 Contracts for care of youths; expense determination and payment.