| (2) Provides for no regular contact between the juveniles with | the adult detainees or inmates; and |
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| (3) Has an adequate staff to provide direct observation | and supervise the juvenile's activities at all times | during emergency detention. |
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| 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. |
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| | Sec. 5. 15 MRSA §3205, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 624, Pt. A, | §6, is further amended to read: |
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| | 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. |
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| | Sec. 6. 15 MRSA §3206, first ¶, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 180, §7, is | amended to read: |
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| | 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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