Nebraska Juvenile Probation Lacks Policy For Supervising Youth Placed On Alternatives To Detention

The Nebraska Office of Probation, Juvenile Services Division (Probation), which oversees juvenile justice lacks adequate policies for supervising youth placed on alternative to detention, according to the Nebraska Office of Inspector General (OIG) of Child Welfare. The OIG said this policy gap led to supervisory decisions that were key factors in the 2016 suicide of a youth placed on alternative to detention. Furthermore, the OIG of Child Welfare said Probation’s supervision and monitoring of that youth had no basis in Nebraska law or Probation policy, protocols, and processes. To correct the policy gap regarding alternative to detention placements, the . . .