OAR 416-150-0000: Purpose

(1) These rules establish guidelines to ensure the rights of youth in custody are maintained when persons seek to interview youth in OYA custody. (2) These rules apply to all youth who are committed to the legal or physical custody of the OYA, and placed in OYA facilities or under OYA supervision on parole/probation status in the community. (3) A “youth in custody” is defined as a person in the legal and physical custody of OYA, either in an OYA close-custody facility or placed in the community under supervision; or a person in the legal custody of the Department of Corrections and the physical custody of OYA in an OYA close-custody facility.