Superior Court Issues Orders Regarding Access to Juvenile Justice Data
July 11, 2022
On July 11 the Superior Court of the District of Columbia issued Administrative Orders 22-10 and 22-11 regarding access to juvenile justice data. The first authorizes the Office of the Attorney General of the District of Columbia (OAG) to share case records and law enforcement records of juveniles in the delinquency system with researchers at the Urban Institute for the purposes of evaluating OAG’s restorative justice prosecution program.
The second order requires the executive director of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council (CJCC) to provide the executive officer of the D.C. Courts with a list of authorized CJCC employees permitted to inspect juvenile records. The order further states that the CJCC may share aggregate data and non-identifiable information generated from juvenile records with members of the Juvenile Justice Advisory Group (JJAG) for the purposes of reporting compliance with the requirements of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act.
The Urban Institute, OAG, and JJAG may use the data for the purposes described, but they shall not disclose this information to any other person or for any other purpose without prior approval of the D.C. Superior Court chief judge.
