Maine Statutes
§ 15 §3205 — Juvenile in adult-serving jail
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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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).
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