Department of Health & Rehabilitative Services v. State

GRIFFIN, Judge.

The Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services (“HRS”) has applied to this court for writs of certiorari in seven juvenile cases, which we have consolidated by prior order based upon the apparent identity of issue in all cases. The. writ applications all seek reversal of lower court orders placing each of these seven juveniles in detention even though the detention risk assessment instrument (the “RAI”)1 prepared by HRS for each youth does not reflect that any form of detention is appropriate. In all of these cases save one the *124challenged orders place the juvenile in home…