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SUMMARY OF H.B. 400 – Juvenile
Delinquent Confinement
This bill sponsored by Representative Keith Faber
does two things: 1. It specifically permits the
confinement of adjudicated delinquent children in
juvenile detention facility and 2. Permits the
confinement of a person under disposition imposed
for a delinquent child or juvenile traffic offender
disposition, after the person attains 18 years of
age, in a facility other than one for juveniles. The
bill was introduced on October 11, 2001 and assigned
to the Criminal Justice Committee.
If a child is adjudicated delinquent or a
juvenile traffic offender, at any time after the
person attains 18 years of age, the places at which
the person may be held under that disposition are
not limited to places authorized under this chapter
solely for the confinement of children and the
person may be confined under that disposition in
places other than those authorized under this
chapter solely for the confinement of children,
including but not limited to, a county, multicounty,
or municipal jail or workhouse, or other place where
an adult convicted of crime, under arrest or charged
with crime is held. The child shall be confined in a
manner that keeps the child beyond the range of
touch of all adult detainees. The child shall be
supervised at all times during the detention.
It also allows the commitment of a child to the
legal custody of a detention facility or district
detention facility for up to 90 days.
Summarized by Donna Hamparian, President,
Juvenile Justice Coalition, February 2002
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