September 23, 2004		2004-R-0592
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT RESPONSIBILITIES IN OTHER STATES
By: Christopher Reinhart, Senior Attorney

You asked whether the Judicial Department is responsible for probation, juvenile lock-up, adult lock-up, or alternative incarceration in other states.

In 11 states, the courts (either state or local) are responsible for adult probation services. These states are:

1. Arizona,

2. Colorado,

3. Hawaii,

4. Illinois,

5. Indiana,

6. Kansas,

7. Massachusetts,

8. Nebraska,

9. New Jersey,

10. South Dakota, and

11. West Virginia

In an additional four states, courts share this responsibility with the executive branch:

1. California,

2. Ohio,

3. Pennsylvania, and

4. Tennessee (Karuth, B. , & Linke, L. , State Organizational Structures for Delivering Adult Probation Services, 1999)

In seven states, the corrections agency is responsible for juvenile services:

1. Louisiana,

2. Maine,

3. Minnesota,

4. New Jersey,

5. North Dakota,

6. South Dakota, and

7. West Virginia

(Organizational Management Structures of State Corrections Departments, August 1993)

We could not find information on your other questions from a search of secondary sources. Please let us know if you would like us to pursue this further.

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