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| | | Resolve, Directing the Department of Corrections To |
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| | | Establish a Pilot Project at the Department's Juvenile |
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| | | Sec. 1. Pilot project established. Resolved: That the Commissioner of | | Corrections, referred to in this resolve as "the commissioner," | | shall establish a pilot project to determine the need for | | judicial review of the services provided to at-risk juveniles | | committed to a juvenile correctional facility of the Department | | of Corrections, referred to in this resolve as "the department"; | | and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 2. Criteria for participation in pilot project. Resolved: That the | | commissioner shall determine criteria for participation in the | | pilot project in section 1 for juveniles committed to a | | department juvenile correctional facility under the Maine Revised | | Statutes, Title 15, section 3314, subsection 1, paragraph F on or | | after January 1, 2006. The criteria must be designed to identify | | up to 15 juveniles at each of the department's juvenile | | correctional facilities who are in special need of intensive | | services. The criteria may include, but need not be limited to, | | such factors as young age, serious mental health needs and low | | level of parental involvement; and be it further |
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| | | Sec. 3. Long Creek Youth Development Center. Resolved: That the | | commissioner shall appoint a selection committee, consisting of | | the Associate Commissioner for Juvenile Services or the associate | | commissioner's designee, a juvenile prosecutor and a juvenile | | defense attorney. The selection committee shall recommend an | | appropriate guardian ad litem for each juvenile committed to the |
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