18 U.S.C. § 5039 — Commitment
submitted 52 years ago by Pub. L. 93-415 to r/title-18-CRIMES-AND-CRIMINAL-PROCEDURE · 115 words · no verdicts yet
This section bars placing a committed juvenile in an adult jail where the juvenile regularly contacts incarcerated adults. It requires adequate food, housing, care, education, training, and recreation, and encourages placement near home.
No juvenile committed, whether under an adjudication of delinquency or conviction for an offense, to the custody of the Attorney General may be placed or retained in an adult jail or correctional institution in which he has regular contact with adults incarcerated because they have been convicted of a crime or are awaiting trial on criminal charges.
Every juvenile who has been committed must be provided with adequate food, heat, light, sanitary facilities, bedding, clothing, recreation, counseling, education, training, and medical care including necessary psychiatric, psychological, or other care and treatment.
Whenever possible, the Attorney General must commit a juvenile to a foster home or community-based facility located in or near his home community.
No juvenile committed, whether pursuant to an adjudication of delinquency or conviction for an offense, to the custody of the Attorney General may be placed or retained in an adult jail or correctional institution in which he has regular contact with adults incarcerated because they have been convicted of a crime or are awaiting trial on criminal charges.
Every juvenile who has been committed shall be provided with adequate food, heat, light, sanitary facilities, bedding, clothing, recreation, counseling, education, training, and medical care including necessary psychiatric, psychological, or other care and treatment.
Whenever possible, the Attorney General shall commit a juvenile to a foster home or community-based facility located in or near his home community.
Source credit: (Added Pub. L. 93–415, title V, § 509, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1138; amended Pub. L. 103–322, title XIV, § 140003, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2032.)
- 1974Enacted · Pub. L. 93-415 · 88 Stat. 1138
- 1994Amended · Pub. L. 103-322 · 108 Stat. 2032
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 93-415 on 1974-09-07.
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