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Where
do juveniles transferred to criminal court serve their pretrial
detention?
Currently,
the following 40 jurisdictions have statutes and/or court
rules that either permit or require juveniles transferred
to criminal court to serve their pre-trial detention in an
adult facility: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California,
Colorado, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii,
Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland,
Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska,
New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio,
Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota,
Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Wisconsin, and
Wyoming.
Szymanski,
L. Pre-Trial Detention of Juveniles Transferred to Criminal
Court. NCJJ Snapshot 8(10). Pittsburgh, PA: National
Center for Juvenile Justice, 2003.
Do
any states prohibit a juvenile transferred to criminal court
from serving their pre-trial detention in an adult facility?
West
Virginia is the only state that has a statute that specifically
prohibits such pre-trial detention.
Szymanski,
L. Pre-Trial Detention of Juveniles Transferred to Criminal
Court. NCJJ Snapshot 8(10). Pittsburgh, PA: National
Center for Juvenile Justice, 2003.
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