Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3206 – Detention of juveniles
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3206
- Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
- Detention: means the holding of a person in a facility characterized by either physically restrictive construction or intensive staff supervision that is intended to prevent a person who is placed in or admitted to the facility from departing at will. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Juvenile: means a person who had not attained 18 years of age at the time the person allegedly committed a juvenile crime. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
- Juvenile community corrections officer: means an agent of the Department of Corrections authorized:
A. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003Juvenile crime: has the meaning set forth in section 3103. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 15 Sec. 3003
A person under 18 years of age who is arrested for a crime defined under Title 12 or Title 29?A that is not a juvenile crime as defined in section 3103 is not subject to chapter 105?A and may not be detained unless a juvenile community corrections officer has been notified within 2 hours after the person’s arrest and the juvenile community corrections officer or attorney for the State has approved the detention. Section 3203?A, subsection 7, paragraphs A and B governing the facilities in which juveniles may be detained apply to any detention of such a juvenile following arrest, and section 3203?A, subsection 4, paragraph C applies to the decision whether to release or further detain the juvenile. [PL 2013, c. 424, Pt. B, §4 (AMD).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2003, c. 180, §7 (NEW). PL 2005, c. 507, §8 (AMD). PL 2011, c. 336, §2 (AMD). PL 2013, c. 424, Pt. B, §4 (AMD).