MS SB2205

Authorizes youth courts to utilize electronic monitoring as an alternative to detention for children in custody, subject to conditions and limitations prescribed by the court.

Adds electronic monitoring as a disposition option in delinquency cases, allowing placement of children on electronic monitoring subject to court-prescribed conditions and limitations.

Amends Mississippi Code sections 43-21-301 and 43-21-605 to implement electronic monitoring provisions for youth court cases.

Effective July 1, 2014.