Section 91 — Youth Criminal Justice Act: Reintegration leave

The provincial director of a province may, subject to any terms or conditions that he or she considers desirable, authorize, for a young person committed to a youth custody facility in the province further to an order under paragraph 76(1)(a) (placement when subject to adult sentence) or a youth sentence imposed under paragraph 42(2)(n), (o), (q) or (r), a reintegration leave from the youth custody facility for a period not exceeding thirty days if, in the opinion of the provincial director, it is necessary or desirable that the young person be absent, with or without escort, for medical, compassionate or humanitarian reasons or for the purpose of rehabilitating the young person or reintegrating the young person into the community; or that the young person be released from the youth custody facility on the days and during the hours that the provincial director specifies in order that the young person may attend school or any other educational or training institution, obtain or continue employment or perform domestic or other duties required by the young person’s family, participate in a program specified by the provincial director that, in the provincial director’s opinion, will enable the young person to better carry out employment or improve his or her education or training, or attend an out-patient treatment program or other program that provides services that are suitable to addressing the young person’s needs. A reintegration leave authorized under paragraph (1)(a) may be renewed by the provincial director for one or more thirty-day periods on reassessment of the case. The provincial director of a province may, at any time, revoke an authorization made under subsection (1). If the provincial director revokes an authorization under subsection (3) or if a young person fails to comply with any term or condition of a reintegration leave or a release from custody under this section, the young person may be arrested without warrant and returned to custody.