SHORT_SUMARY: Clarifies when detained or confined juveniles may have contact with incarcerated adults.
Clarifies that a juvenile convicted or awaiting trial for an adult offense cannot be held in an adult correctional facility before turning 18. Requires the Division of Juvenile Services to notify the sentencing court and county prosecuting attorney 180 days before the juvenile turns 18. The court must hold a hearing and transfer the juvenile to an appropriate facility before they turn 18. Also provides the Commissioner of the Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation with discretion to oversee staff at facilities where juveniles may be detained or confined.
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