Juvenile Justice
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LD 42
Sponsor: Representative Suzanne Salisbury | Current Status: REFERRED to the Committee on CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY | View Bill
This bill amends the law governing detention of juveniles who have been bound over for prosecution as an adult. Under current law, when a detained juvenile who has been bound over for prosecution as an adult reaches 18 years of age, the juvenile must be detained in an adult section of a jail. This bill adds an exception to this provision by allowing the Department of Corrections to request and the court to order that the juvenile be detained in a department detention facility exclusively for juveniles.