The director of the division of juvenile services may discharge any student from the North Dakota youth correctional center at any time upon satisfactory evidence of reformation and as a reward for good conduct and diligence in study. If the student has no parent, guardian, or other person to whom to return, the director shall arrange for and procure some suitable person to receive, employ, and care for the person so discharged.
N.D.C.C. § 12-52-07