What is the Interstate Compact on Juveniles (ICJ)?
The first draft of the ICJ was approved in 1955, and the first organizational meeting of the Compact Administrators was held in 1956. By 1986, all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Virgin Islands and Guam have ratified the ICJ law. The ICJ is comprised of a basic compact, 15 articles, and three optional amendments, the Runaway, Rendition, and Out-of-State Confinement. The amendments are effective only between those states that have ratified the specific enabling legislation. The ICJ provides the procedures in requesting supervision of probationers and parolees in a state other than the state of adjudication. It also provides procedures for the return of youth who have absconded, escaped, or run away.
