18-U.S.C.-5035
§5035 – Detention Prior to Disposition
Pathway
Title 18 > Part IV > Chapter 403 > Section 5035
Details
- Reference: Section 5035
- Legend: §5035 – Detention Prior to Disposition
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
A juvenile alleged to be delinquent may be detained only in a juvenile facility or such other suitable place as the Attorney General may designate. Whenever possible, detention shall be in a foster home or community based facility located in or near his home community. The Attorney General shall not cause any juvenile alleged to be delinquent to be detained or confined in any institution in which the juvenile has regular contact with adult persons convicted of a crime or awaiting trial on criminal charges. Insofar as possible, alleged delinquents shall be kept separate from adjudicated delinquents. Every juvenile in custody shall be provided with adequate food, heat, light, sanitary facilities, bedding, clothing, recreation, education, and medical care, including necessary psychiatric, psychological, or other care and treatment.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 858; Pub. L. 93–415, title V, §505, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1135.)
Historical and Revision Notes
Based on title 18, U.S.C., 1940 ed., §925 (June 16, 1938, ch. 486, §5, 52, Stat. 765).
Minor changes were made in arrangement and phraseology.
Codification
Another section 505 of Pub. L. 93–415, as added by Pub. L. 107–273, div. C, title II, §12222(a), Nov. 2, 2002, 116 Stat. 1896, is classified to section 5784 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.
Another section 505 of title V of Pub. L. 93–415, as added by Pub. L. 102–586, §5(a), Nov. 4, 1992, 106 Stat. 5028, was classified to section 5784 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to the general amendment of that title V by Pub. L. 107–273.
Amendments
1974—Pub. L. 93–415 amended section generally, substituting Detention prior to disposition, for Arrest, detention and bail in section catchline, striking out provisions relating to discretionary power of arresting officer or marshal to confine juvenile in jail, provisions relating to bail and default of bail, and inserting provisions relating to mandatory separation of juvenile from adjudicated delinquents, and provisions relating to the physical conditions of confining facility.
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
18-U.S.C.-4321 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Criminal Law
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