An Act To Improve Juvenile Correctional Services
Sec. 1. 15 MRSA §712, sub-§2, ¶A, as amended by PL 1997, c. 361, §3, is further amended to read:
Sec. 2. 15 MRSA §3103, sub-§1, ¶D, as amended by PL 1995, c. 470, §3, is further amended to read:
Sec. 3. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§7, ¶A, as amended by PL 2005, c. 507, §5, is further amended to read:
(1) Contains an area where juveniles are under direct staff observation at all times, in a separate section for juveniles that complies with mandatory sight and sound separation standards established by the Department of Corrections pursuant to Title 34-A, section 1208;
(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 detainee be detained with adults for any period of detention occurring after the detainee has attained 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 or unless the detainee has been convicted as an adult in another jurisdiction.
Sec. 4. 15 MRSA §3203-A, sub-§7, ¶B-4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 624, Pt. A, §4, is further amended to read:
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This bill permits the interception of phone calls made by or to residents of juvenile correctional facilities on the same basis as the interception of phone calls made by or to residents of adult correctional facilities. It also makes willful failure to comply with the terms of any court order resulting from a juvenile adjudication of a juvenile crime involving drugs or liquor itself a juvenile crime consistent with other provisions that define a juvenile crime. The bill requires that a detainee under 18 years of age who has been convicted as an adult in another jurisdiction be detained with adults, as is presently the case for detainees under 18 years of age who have been convicted as an adult in the State. The bill also makes the provisions for the detention of juveniles in a jail consistent by allowing such detention to be for up to 48 hours.