By Cherrie Anne E. Villahermosa
Variety News Staff

THE commonwealth has over 300 juveniles on probation and 47 of them are visited at their homes by the Department of Public Safety to determine if they are in compliance with the terms and conditions of their probation.
DPS spokeswoman Lei Ogumoro said members of the Criminal Investigation Section’s General Crimes Unit and Juvenile and Sex Offender Registry Unit conducted a joint operation with the Division of Youth Services Juvenile Probation Unit on March 15.
Ogumoro said the over 300 juveniles on probation are required to comply with the terms and conditions set forth by the Superior Court, the Criminal Division of the Attorney General’s Office and the Juvenile Probation Unit.
DPS said depending on the type and the seriousness of their cases, the conditions for these juveniles include, but are not limited to, curfew hours, house arrest, standard or municipal curfew hours and other special conditions such as the diversion program.
The program is for first time offenders with misdemeanor charges.
The program offers individuals a second chance to do good in the community and to refrain from committing illegal acts by not going through the usual processes of the judicial system.
Conditions for these juveniles are set by the Juvenile Probation Unit and the AGO.
DPS visited 47 juvenile probationers to gather information regarding their status and their third party custodians.
Of the 47 probationers, three are at the DYS juvenile detention facility in Kagman and five were found to be in violation of the conditions of their probation.
DPS said there is an ongoing investigation to determine the status of these five individuals.
According to the department, 39 were found to be in compliance with the terms and conditions of their probation.