LD 1771
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(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. 6. 15 MRSA §3205, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1999, c. 624, Pt. A,
§6, is further amended to read:

 
1. Generally. A juvenile may not be committed to or detained
or confined in a jail or other secure detention facility intended
or primarily used for the detention of adults, except when bound
over as an adult or as provided in section 3203-A, subsection 1,
paragraph B-1 or section 3203-A, subsection 7. A juvenile who is
detained in a jail or other secure detention facility intended or
primarily used for the detention of adults may be detained only
in a section of a facility that meets the requirements of section
3203-A, subsection 7, paragraph A, unless bound over as an adult
and held in an adult section of a facility pursuant to court
order.

 
Sec. 7. 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


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