An Act To Standardize Language and Improve Correctional Services
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §3314, sub-§1, ¶H, as amended by PL 2019, c. 113, Pt. C, §48, is further amended to read:
Sec. 2. 34-A MRSA §3001, sub-§3 is enacted to read:
Sec. 3. 34-A MRSA §3903, as repealed and replaced by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. LLLL, §2, is amended to read:
§ 3903. Superintendent Warden
Sec. 4. 34-A MRSA §3904, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. LLLL, §3, is further amended to read:
Sec. 5. 34-A MRSA §3905, as amended by PL 2019, c. 343, Pt. LLLL, §4, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§ 3905. Downeast Correctional Facility employees
Sec. 6. 34-A MRSA §4103, as amended by PL 2017, c. 148, §§13 and 14, is further amended to read:
§ 4103. Superintendent Warden
Sec. 7. 34-A MRSA §4106, as amended by PL 2017, c. 148, §17, is repealed and the following enacted in its place:
§ 4106. Mountain View Correctional Facility employees
Sec. 8. 34-A MRSA §4108, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2005, c. 488, §§14 to 17, is further amended to read:
(1) The superintendent warden shall give full consideration to recommendations of the physician or medical staff member concerning the juvenile's dietary needs and the conditions of the juvenile's confinement required to maintain the juvenile's health. If the recommendations of the physician or medical staff member are not carried out, the superintendent warden shall immediately convey the reasons and circumstances for this decision to the commissioner for review and final disposition.
(2) Placement under observation must be discontinued if the superintendent warden, on the advice of the physician, determines that placement under observation is harmful to the mental or physical health of the juvenile, except that placement under observation may be continued if the behavior of the juvenile presents a high likelihood of imminent physical harm to that juvenile or others and there is no less restrictive setting in which that juvenile's safety or that of others can be ensured. If placement under observation is continued, the physician or a member of the medical staff shall visit the juvenile at least once every 12 hours.
(1) Be in writing;
(2) State the reasons for that approval; and
(3) Be kept on file.
Sec. 9. 34-A MRSA §4118, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 2017, c. 148, §27, is amended to read:
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This bill counts as the first full day of a period of confinement the day a juvenile is received into a juvenile correctional facility, regardless of when the juvenile arrives at the facility, and allows the juvenile to be released at any time on the last day of the period of confinement, instead of requiring the juvenile to be released at an exact time dependent on when the juvenile arrived at the facility.
It allows the Commissioner of Corrections to appoint a director of women's services to oversee services and otherwise act as the chief administrative officer for female prisoners, whether housed in a correctional facility exclusively serving female prisoners or in a female prisoner housing unit in a correctional facility serving both males and females.
It renames the chief administrative officer of the Mountain View Correctional Facility and the Downeast Correctional Facility the warden. It authorizes the warden of the Mountain View Correctional Facility and the warden of the Downeast Correctional Facility, with the written approval of the commissioner, to contract with the Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for the imprisonment, subsistence, care and proper employment of persons convicted of crimes against the United States. It allows employees of the Mountain View Correctional Facility and the Downeast Correctional Facility to carry weapons and other security equipment when authorized by the warden. It includes provisions for uniforms and clothing allowances for employees of the Mountain View Correctional Facility and the Downeast Correctional Facility.