DMC

The JJDP Act of 1974 as amended in 1992 required that the state identify assess, address, and monitor disproportionate minority confinement (DMC) for juvenile minority populations that represented more that 1% of the total general juvenile population for the state. During the reauthorization of the JJDP Act in 2002, disproportionate minority confinement was changed to contact with the juvenile justice system.

The Youth Justice Advisory Council has established a 7 member standing committee to advise the Council on DMC. Four are members of the YJAC and three are members at large. The chair of the YJAC appoints all members of the DMC Committee.

Together the YJAC and the DMC Committee develop a 3 Year Plan to address DMC.

OJJDP developed a tool called the Relative Rate Index (RRI) to identify and monitor DMC. Annually, MBCC updates an RRI for the state and for each DMC site within the state: Cascade County and Yellowstone County.