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LR 3016
Item 1

 
(2) Provides for no regular contact between the juveniles with
the adult detainees or inmates; and

 
(3) Has an adequate staff to provide direct observation
and supervise the juvenile's activities at all times
during emergency detention.

 
Juveniles detained in adult-serving facilities may be placed
only in the separate juvenile sections that comply with
mandatory separation standards established by the Department
of Corrections pursuant to Title 34-A, section 1208, unless
the detainee must be detained with adults as a result of
having attained 21 years of age or unless the court orders
that the person be detained with adults for any period of
detention occurring after the detainee has attained the age
of 18 years of age or unless the juvenile is bound over as
an adult and held in an adult section of a facility pursuant
to court order.

 
Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §3205, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 624, Pt. A,
§6, is further amended to read:

 
2. Exception. Subsection 1 applies to any person who is
considered a juvenile by virtue of section 3101, subsection 2,
paragraph D except that if the person has attained the age of 18
years of age, any detention pursuant to section 3203-A and any
commitment confinement pursuant to section 3314, subsection 1,
paragraph H may be, upon the order of a court, in an adult
section of a jail or other secure detention facility intended or
primarily used for the detention of adults and may extend beyond
the time limits set out in section 3203-A and, except that if the
person has attained 21 years of age, any detention pursuant to
section 3203-A and any confinement pursuant to section 3314,
subsection 1, paragraph H must be in an adult section of a jail
or other secure detention facility intended or primarily used for
the detention of adults and may extend beyond the time limits set
out in section 3203-A.

 
Sec. 6. 15 MRSA §3206, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 180, §7, is
amended to read:

 
A person under 18 years of age who is arrested for a crime
defined under Title 12 or Title 29-A that is not a juvenile crime
as defined in section 3103 is not subject to chapter 105-A and
may not be detained unless a juvenile community corrections
officer has been notified within 2 hours after the person's
arrest and has approved the detention. Section 3203-A,
subsection 7, paragraphs A and B governing the facilities in


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