H7818 — Prohibits family court from detaining or committing any youth, 12 years or younger, to training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses there is no other reasonable placement.

H7818 — Prohibits family court from detaining or committing any youth, 12 years or younger, to training school, for any offense other than murder, first degree sexual assault, or an attempt to commit such offenses there is no other reasonable placement. · Informed CitizenryH7818 changes the rules regarding when and how young children can be detained or committed by family court. Currently, family court has broad authority to send youth into training school for variou…Open in Informed Citizenry