Maine § 15 §3205 Juvenile in adult-serving jail

Maine Statutes

§ 15 §3205 — Juvenile in adult-serving jail

Maine § 15 §3205

Title 15COURT PROCEDURE -- CRIMINAL

Part 6MAINE JUVENILE CODE

Ch. 505ARREST AND DETENTION

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Bluebook

Me. Rev. Stat. tit. 15, § 15 §3205 (2026).

Text

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 and as provided in section 3101, subsection 4, paragraph E‑2, 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 section 3101, subsection 4, paragraph E‑2.

2.Exception. Subsection 1 applies to any person who has

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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 and as provided in section 3101, subsection 4, paragraph E‑2, 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 section 3101, subsection 4, paragraph E‑2.
2.
Exception.

Subsection 1 applies to any person who has not attained 18 years of age or is considered a juvenile by virtue of section 3101, subsection 2, paragraph D except that:

Legislative History

PL 1989, c. 571, §A2 (NEW). PL 1989, c. 925, §9 (AMD). PL 1991, c. 493, §17 (RPR). PL 1997, c. 24, §RR4 (AMD). PL 1997, c. 752, §14 (AMD). PL 1999, c. 624, §A6 (AMD). PL 2005, c. 507, §§6, 7 (AMD). PL 2007, c. 196, §1 (AMD). PL 2009, c. 93, §8 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 28, §§7, 8 (AMD).