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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 44 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to |
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| 6 | 6 | | provide for the humane treatment of youths who are in police custody, |
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| 7 | 7 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY9, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. J |
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| 11 | 11 | | ACKSONLEEintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 12 | 12 | | Committee on the Judiciary |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets |
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| 15 | 15 | | Act of 1968 to provide for the humane treatment of |
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| 16 | 16 | | youths who are in police custody, and for other purposes. |
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| 17 | 17 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 18 | 18 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 20 | 20 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Effective and Humane 4 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Treatment of Youth Act of 2023’’ or the ‘‘Kalief’s Law’’. 5 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION OF JUVENILE ACCOUNTABILITY 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | BLOCK GRANTS. 7 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Section 1810(a) of the Omnibus Crime Control and 8 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Safe Streets Act of 1968 is amended by inserting before 9 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the period at the end the following: ‘‘and such sums as 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | may be necessary for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2 |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2027’’. 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SEC. 3. HUMANE TREATMENT OF YOUTH FOR GRANT ELIGI-4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | BILITY. 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | (a) I |
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| 35 | 35 | | NGENERAL.—Section 1802 of the Omnibus 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10403) is amended— 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) in subsection (a)— 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | at the end; 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (C) by adding at the end the following: 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(3) assurances that the State and any unit of 15 |
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| 45 | 45 | | local government to which the State provides fund-16 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ing under section 1803(b), has in effect (or shall 17 |
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| 47 | 47 | | have in effect, not later than 1 year after the date 18 |
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| 48 | 48 | | that the State submits such application) laws, or has 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | implemented (or shall implement, not later than 1 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | year after the date that the State submits such ap-21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | plication) policies and programs, that provide for a 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | right to speedy trial in accordance with subsection 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (g), timely bail consideration in accordance with sub-24 |
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| 54 | 54 | | section (h), and the restrictions on the use of tem-25 |
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| 58 | 58 | | porary separation in accordance with subsection 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | (i).’’; 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (2) in subsection (b)— 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (A) in paragraph (1)— 4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by strik-5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ing ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | and’’; and 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 10 |
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| 68 | 68 | | ‘‘(C) such assurances as the State shall re-11 |
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| 69 | 69 | | quire, that, to the extent applicable, the unit of 12 |
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| 70 | 70 | | local government has in effect (or shall have in 13 |
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| 71 | 71 | | effect, not later than 1 year after the date that 14 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the unit submits such application) laws, or has 15 |
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| 73 | 73 | | implemented (or shall implement, not later than 16 |
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| 74 | 74 | | 1 year after the date that the unit submits such 17 |
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| 75 | 75 | | application) policies and programs, that provide 18 |
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| 76 | 76 | | for a right to speedy trial in accordance with 19 |
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| 77 | 77 | | subsection (g), timely bail consideration in ac-20 |
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| 78 | 78 | | cordance with subsection (h), and the restric-21 |
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| 79 | 79 | | tions on the use of temporary separation in ac-22 |
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| 80 | 80 | | cordance with subsection (i).’’; and 23 |
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| 81 | 81 | | (3) by adding at the end the following: 24 |
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| 85 | 85 | | ‘‘(g) RIGHT TOSPEEDYTRIAL.—The requirements 1 |
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| 86 | 86 | | under this subsection relating to the right to a speedy trial 2 |
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| 87 | 87 | | for a youth are, at a minimum, that in the case of a youth 3 |
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| 88 | 88 | | who is held in custody, charges in any criminal case are 4 |
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| 89 | 89 | | dismissed with prejudice not later than 60 days after the 5 |
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| 90 | 90 | | date on which the youth was arrested (which shall be com-6 |
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| 91 | 91 | | puted in accordance with section 3161(h) of title 18, 7 |
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| 92 | 92 | | United States Code), if a trial has not commenced or there 8 |
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| 93 | 93 | | has not been an adjudication of the case on the merits. 9 |
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| 94 | 94 | | For purposes of this subsection, the determination of 10 |
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| 95 | 95 | | whether an individual is a youth shall be based on the 11 |
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| 96 | 96 | | individual’s age at the time that the individual is taken 12 |
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| 97 | 97 | | into custody for the alleged criminal conduct. 13 |
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| 98 | 98 | | ‘‘(h) R |
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| 99 | 99 | | IGHT TOTIMELYBAILCONSIDERATION.— 14 |
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| 100 | 100 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 101 | 101 | | N GENERAL.—The requirements under 15 |
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| 102 | 102 | | this subsection relating to a youth’s right to timely 16 |
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| 103 | 103 | | bail consideration are, at a minimum, that— 17 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(A) the youth receives an initial detention 18 |
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| 105 | 105 | | hearing not later than the second working day 19 |
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| 106 | 106 | | after being taken into custody, except that— 20 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ‘‘(i) if the youth is taken into custody 21 |
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| 108 | 108 | | on a Friday or Saturday, not later than 22 |
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| 109 | 109 | | one working day after being taken into 23 |
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| 110 | 110 | | custody; or 24 |
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| 114 | 114 | | ‘‘(ii) in the case of an arrest for a sta-1 |
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| 115 | 115 | | tus offense, not later than one working day 2 |
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| 116 | 116 | | after being taken into custody; 3 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ‘‘(B) in the case of a youth who is 17 4 |
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| 118 | 118 | | years of age or younger, the parent, guardian 5 |
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| 119 | 119 | | or custodian of the youth receives from the 6 |
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| 120 | 120 | | court reasonable notice of the detention hearing 7 |
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| 121 | 121 | | if the parent, guardian or custodian can be lo-8 |
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| 122 | 122 | | cated; 9 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ‘‘(C) prior to any detention hearing, the 10 |
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| 124 | 124 | | youth is advised of the right to counsel, the 11 |
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| 125 | 125 | | right to have counsel appointed by the court if 12 |
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| 126 | 126 | | the youth is indigent, and the procedure for the 13 |
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| 127 | 127 | | appointment of counsel; 14 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ‘‘(D) if at the initial detention hearing the 15 |
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| 129 | 129 | | youth does not have counsel, the court shall ap-16 |
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| 130 | 130 | | point counsel before making a ruling on wheth-17 |
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| 131 | 131 | | er to release or continue detaining the youth; 18 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ‘‘(E) no statement made by the youth at 19 |
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| 133 | 133 | | any detention hearing is admissible against the 20 |
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| 134 | 134 | | youth at any other hearings or proceedings; 21 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘(F) if a youth is detained, a detention 22 |
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| 136 | 136 | | hearing to review the release decision is held 23 |
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| 137 | 137 | | every 10 working days, or every 15 working 24 |
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| 138 | 138 | | days if the youth is held outside the county of 25 |
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| 142 | 142 | | jurisdiction, unless the youth waives review on 1 |
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| 143 | 143 | | the advice of counsel; 2 |
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| 144 | 144 | | ‘‘(G) there is a presumption of release at 3 |
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| 145 | 145 | | a detention hearing, unless— 4 |
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| 146 | 146 | | ‘‘(i) the youth will be removed from 5 |
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| 147 | 147 | | the jurisdiction of the court prior to the 6 |
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| 148 | 148 | | next scheduled hearing; 7 |
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| 149 | 149 | | ‘‘(ii) in the case of a youth who is 17 8 |
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| 150 | 150 | | years of age or younger, the youth lacks 9 |
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| 151 | 151 | | suitable and safe supervision, care, and 10 |
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| 152 | 152 | | protection from a parent, guardian, custo-11 |
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| 153 | 153 | | dian, or other person or agency; or 12 |
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| 154 | 154 | | ‘‘(iii) the youth may be a danger to 13 |
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| 155 | 155 | | himself or herself, a threat to public safety, 14 |
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| 156 | 156 | | or is likely to commit an offense if re-15 |
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| 157 | 157 | | leased, and the court determines that such 16 |
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| 158 | 158 | | danger, threat, or likelihood cannot be 17 |
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| 159 | 159 | | overcome with appropriate supervision, 18 |
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| 160 | 160 | | services, or treatment; and 19 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(H) a detained youth who is not charged 20 |
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| 162 | 162 | | with a criminal offense at an initial detention 21 |
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| 163 | 163 | | hearing is released unless— 22 |
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| 164 | 164 | | ‘‘(i) in the case of a youth who is de-23 |
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| 165 | 165 | | tained for delinquency, a probation viola-24 |
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| 166 | 166 | | tion, or a status offense, the State brings 25 |
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| 170 | 170 | | a petition or formal charge against the 1 |
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| 171 | 171 | | youth not later than 15 working days after 2 |
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| 172 | 172 | | the initial detention decision; 3 |
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| 173 | 173 | | ‘‘(ii) except as provided in clause (i), 4 |
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| 174 | 174 | | in the case of a youth who is detained for 5 |
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| 175 | 175 | | criminal conduct for which the maximum 6 |
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| 176 | 176 | | term of imprisonment is less than one 7 |
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| 177 | 177 | | year, the State brings a formal charge 8 |
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| 178 | 178 | | against the youth not later than 30 work-9 |
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| 179 | 179 | | ing days after the initial detention deci-10 |
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| 180 | 180 | | sion; or 11 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(iii) except as provided in clause (i), 12 |
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| 182 | 182 | | in the case of a youth who is detained for 13 |
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| 183 | 183 | | criminal conduct for which the maximum 14 |
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| 184 | 184 | | term of imprisonment is one year or great-15 |
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| 185 | 185 | | er, the State brings a formal charge 16 |
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| 186 | 186 | | against the youth not later than 60 days 17 |
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| 187 | 187 | | after the initial detention decision. 18 |
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| 188 | 188 | | ‘‘(2) S |
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| 189 | 189 | | TATUS AS YOUTH.—For purposes of this 19 |
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| 190 | 190 | | subsection, the determination of whether an indi-20 |
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| 191 | 191 | | vidual is a youth shall be based on the individual’s 21 |
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| 192 | 192 | | age at the time that the individual is taken into cus-22 |
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| 193 | 193 | | tody for the alleged criminal conduct. 23 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ‘‘(3) D |
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| 195 | 195 | | EFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this 24 |
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| 200 | 200 | | ‘‘(A) The term ‘detention hearing’ means a 1 |
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| 201 | 201 | | hearing— 2 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(i) conducted by a duly appointed or 3 |
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| 203 | 203 | | elected judge or, if a judge is not available, 4 |
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| 204 | 204 | | a referee appointed for the purpose of con-5 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ducting detention hearings; and 6 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ‘‘(ii) recorded at the request of any 7 |
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| 207 | 207 | | party. 8 |
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| 208 | 208 | | ‘‘(B) The term ‘status offense’ means an 9 |
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| 209 | 209 | | offense which prohibits conduct only for youths 10 |
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| 210 | 210 | | and not for adults, based on their age, includ-11 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ing truancy, running away, breach of curfew, 12 |
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| 212 | 212 | | and age-based alcohol or drug offenses. 13 |
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| 213 | 213 | | ‘‘(i) B |
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| 214 | 214 | | AN ON THE USE OFSOLITARYCONFINE-14 |
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| 215 | 215 | | MENT.— 15 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 217 | 217 | | N GENERAL.—The requirements under 16 |
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| 218 | 218 | | this subsection relating to the restrictions on the use 17 |
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| 219 | 219 | | of temporary separation are, at a minimum, that— 18 |
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| 220 | 220 | | ‘‘(A) temporary separation of a youth from 19 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the general population in a detention facility is 20 |
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| 222 | 222 | | not used for any purpose other than as a tem-21 |
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| 223 | 223 | | porary response to behavior of the individual 22 |
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| 224 | 224 | | that poses a serious and immediate risk of 23 |
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| 225 | 225 | | physical harm to that individual or to others; 24 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(B) a good faith effort to employ less re-1 |
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| 230 | 230 | | strictive techniques, including de-escalation and 2 |
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| 231 | 231 | | intervention by facility employees, mental health 3 |
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| 232 | 232 | | professionals, and other youths must occur be-4 |
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| 233 | 233 | | fore the use of temporary separation; 5 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ‘‘(C) before or immediately after a youth is 6 |
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| 235 | 235 | | placed in temporary separation, an employee of 7 |
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| 236 | 236 | | the detention facility provides the individual 8 |
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| 237 | 237 | | with an explanation of the reasons for the sepa-9 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ration and under what circumstances it will 10 |
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| 239 | 239 | | end; 11 |
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| 240 | 240 | | ‘‘(D) the duration for which a youth is 12 |
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| 241 | 241 | | placed in temporary separation does not exceed 13 |
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| 242 | 242 | | 3 hours, and consecutive periods of temporary 14 |
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| 243 | 243 | | separation for the same episode of behavior are 15 |
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| 244 | 244 | | prohibited; 16 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ‘‘(E) a youth is released from temporary 17 |
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| 246 | 246 | | separation as soon as he or she no longer poses 18 |
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| 247 | 247 | | a risk of serious and immediate physical harm; 19 |
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| 248 | 248 | | ‘‘(F) in the case of a youth who continues 20 |
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| 249 | 249 | | to pose a risk of serious and immediate physical 21 |
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| 250 | 250 | | harm after being in temporary separation for 3 22 |
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| 251 | 251 | | hours, prior to, or upon the conclusion of such 23 |
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| 252 | 252 | | 3-hour period, the facility initiates a transfer to 24 |
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| 253 | 253 | | another facility that can provide necessary serv-25 |
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| 257 | 257 | | ices without the use of temporary separation or 1 |
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| 258 | 258 | | refers the individual to a mental health facility 2 |
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| 259 | 259 | | that can provide necessary services, in which 3 |
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| 260 | 260 | | case the individual may remain in temporary 4 |
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| 261 | 261 | | separation pending such transfer; 5 |
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| 262 | 262 | | ‘‘(G) the physical space used for temporary 6 |
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| 263 | 263 | | separation— 7 |
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| 264 | 264 | | ‘‘(i) is at least 80 square feet, suicide- 8 |
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| 265 | 265 | | resistant, and protrusion-free; 9 |
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| 266 | 266 | | ‘‘(ii) has adequate lighting and ven-10 |
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| 267 | 267 | | tilation; 11 |
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| 268 | 268 | | ‘‘(iii) is kept at a reasonable tempera-12 |
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| 269 | 269 | | ture; and 13 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(iv) provides access to clean potable 14 |
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| 271 | 271 | | water, toilet facilities, and hygiene sup-15 |
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| 272 | 272 | | plies; and 16 |
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| 273 | 273 | | ‘‘(H) a youth placed in temporary separa-17 |
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| 274 | 274 | | tion has access to appropriate medical and men-18 |
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| 275 | 275 | | tal health services, and receives crisis interven-19 |
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| 276 | 276 | | tion and one-on-one observation. 20 |
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| 277 | 277 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 278 | 278 | | EFINITION.—For the purpose of this 21 |
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| 279 | 279 | | subsection, the term ‘temporary separation’ means 22 |
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| 280 | 280 | | the involuntary restriction of an individual alone in 23 |
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| 285 | 285 | | human contact except for the employees of the de-1 |
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| 286 | 286 | | tention facility.’’. 2 |
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| 287 | 287 | | (b) Y |
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| 288 | 288 | | OUTHDEFINED.—Section 1809 of the Omnibus 3 |
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| 289 | 289 | | Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 4 |
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| 290 | 290 | | 10410) is amended by at the end the following: 5 |
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| 291 | 291 | | ‘‘(7) Y |
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| 292 | 292 | | OUTH.—The term ‘youth’ means an indi-6 |
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| 293 | 293 | | vidual who is 21 years of age or younger.’’. 7 |
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| 294 | 294 | | SEC. 4. TREATMENT OF YOUTH IN FEDERAL PRISONS AND 8 |
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| 295 | 295 | | CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES. 9 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (a) I |
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| 297 | 297 | | NGENERAL.—Chapter 401 of title 18, United 10 |
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| 298 | 298 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-11 |
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| 299 | 299 | | lowing: 12 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘§ 5004. Recording of custodial interrogations of 13 |
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| 301 | 301 | | youth 14 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 303 | 303 | | NGENERAL.—A custodial interrogation of a 15 |
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| 304 | 304 | | youth shall be electronically recorded in its entirety in 16 |
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| 305 | 305 | | audio and visual form, except that if any part of the inter-17 |
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| 306 | 306 | | rogation occurs outside of a place of detention, an audio 18 |
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| 307 | 307 | | recording may be used. If the interrogation occurs in a 19 |
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| 308 | 308 | | detention facility, the camera shall show both the interro-20 |
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| 309 | 309 | | gator and the youth. 21 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ‘‘(b) I |
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| 311 | 311 | | NADMISSIBILITY OF STATEMENTSNOTRE-22 |
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| 312 | 312 | | CORDED.—Except as provided in subsections (c), (d), and 23 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (e), any statement made by a youth during a custodial 24 |
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| 314 | 314 | | interrogation that is not recorded in accordance with sub-25 |
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| 318 | 318 | | section (a), is inadmissible as evidence against the youth 1 |
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| 319 | 319 | | in any juvenile delinquency or criminal proceeding brought 2 |
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| 320 | 320 | | against the youth. 3 |
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| 321 | 321 | | ‘‘(c) E |
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| 322 | 322 | | XCEPTIONSGENERALLY.—A statement made 4 |
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| 323 | 323 | | by a youth in a custodial interrogation that would be inad-5 |
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| 324 | 324 | | missible under subsection (b) may be admitted into evi-6 |
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| 325 | 325 | | dence in a criminal or juvenile delinquency proceeding 7 |
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| 326 | 326 | | brought against the youth if the court finds the following: 8 |
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| 327 | 327 | | ‘‘(1) The statement is admissible under the ap-9 |
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| 328 | 328 | | plicable rules of evidence. 10 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ‘‘(2) The prosecution has proven by clear and 11 |
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| 330 | 330 | | convincing evidence that the youth made the state-12 |
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| 331 | 331 | | ment voluntarily, and that such statement is reliable. 13 |
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| 332 | 332 | | ‘‘(3) The prosecution has proven by clear and 14 |
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| 333 | 333 | | convincing evidence that one or more of the fol-15 |
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| 334 | 334 | | lowing circumstances existed at the time of the cus-16 |
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| 335 | 335 | | todial interrogation: 17 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(A) The questions put forth by law en-18 |
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| 337 | 337 | | forcement personnel, and the youth’s responsive 19 |
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| 338 | 338 | | statements, were part of the routine processing 20 |
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| 339 | 339 | | or intake of the youth. 21 |
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| 340 | 340 | | ‘‘(B) Before or during a custodial interro-22 |
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| 341 | 341 | | gation, after having consulted with his or her 23 |
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| 342 | 342 | | lawyer, the youth unambiguously declared on 24 |
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| 343 | 343 | | the recording that he or she would only respond 25 |
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| 348 | 348 | | ments were not recorded. 2 |
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| 349 | 349 | | ‘‘(C) The custodial interrogation took place 3 |
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| 350 | 350 | | in another jurisdiction and was conducted by 4 |
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| 351 | 351 | | officials of that jurisdiction in compliance with 5 |
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| 352 | 352 | | the law of the jurisdiction. 6 |
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| 353 | 353 | | ‘‘(D) Exigent circumstances existed, which 7 |
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| 354 | 354 | | prevented the making of, or rendered it not fea-8 |
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| 355 | 355 | | sible to make, a recording of the custodial inter-9 |
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| 356 | 356 | | rogation. 10 |
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| 357 | 357 | | ‘‘(d) E |
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| 358 | 358 | | XCEPTIONRELATING TOSTATEMENTSMADE 11 |
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| 359 | 359 | | INCOURT.—A statement made by a youth in a custodial 12 |
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| 360 | 360 | | interrogation which would be inadmissable under sub-13 |
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| 361 | 361 | | section (b) may be admitted into evidence in a juvenile 14 |
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| 362 | 362 | | delinquency or criminal proceeding brought against the 15 |
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| 363 | 363 | | youth if the court finds the following: 16 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ‘‘(1) The statement was made before a grand 17 |
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| 365 | 365 | | jury or in court. 18 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(2) The statement is admissible under applica-19 |
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| 367 | 367 | | ble rules of evidence. 20 |
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| 368 | 368 | | ‘‘(3) The prosecution has proven by clear and 21 |
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| 369 | 369 | | convincing evidence that the youth made the state-22 |
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| 370 | 370 | | ment voluntarily, and that such statement is reliable. 23 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ‘‘(e) E |
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| 372 | 372 | | XCEPTIONRELATING TOSTATEMENTSMADE 24 |
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| 373 | 373 | | BYPRISONERS.— 25 |
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| 377 | 377 | | ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-1 |
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| 378 | 378 | | graph (2), a statement made by a youth in a custo-2 |
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| 379 | 379 | | dial interrogation which would be inadmissable 3 |
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| 380 | 380 | | under subsection (b) may be admitted into evidence 4 |
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| 381 | 381 | | in a juvenile delinquency or criminal proceeding 5 |
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| 382 | 382 | | brought against the youth if, at the time of making 6 |
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| 383 | 383 | | the statement, the youth was serving a term of im-7 |
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| 384 | 384 | | prisonment in a Federal prison or correctional insti-8 |
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| 385 | 385 | | tution. 9 |
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| 386 | 386 | | ‘‘(2) L |
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| 387 | 387 | | IMITATION.—A statement described in 10 |
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| 388 | 388 | | paragraph (1) may not be admitted into evidence in 11 |
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| 389 | 389 | | a juvenile delinquency or criminal proceeding 12 |
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| 390 | 390 | | brought against the youth if the statement was 13 |
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| 391 | 391 | | made in relation to an investigation of a crime com-14 |
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| 392 | 392 | | mitted in the Federal prison or correctional institu-15 |
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| 393 | 393 | | tion. 16 |
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| 394 | 394 | | ‘‘(f) H |
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| 395 | 395 | | ANDLING ANDPRESERVATION OFELECTRONIC 17 |
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| 396 | 396 | | R |
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| 397 | 397 | | ECORDINGS.—Recordings of custodial interrogations 18 |
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| 398 | 398 | | under this subsection shall be handled and preserved as 19 |
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| 399 | 399 | | follows: 20 |
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| 400 | 400 | | ‘‘(1) The recording shall be clearly identified 21 |
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| 401 | 401 | | and catalogued by law enforcement personnel. 22 |
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| 402 | 402 | | ‘‘(2) If a juvenile delinquency or criminal pro-23 |
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| 403 | 403 | | ceeding is brought against a youth who was the sub-24 |
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| 404 | 404 | | ject of an electronically recorded custodial interroga-25 |
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| 408 | 408 | | tion, the recording shall be preserved by law enforce-1 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ment personnel until all appeals, post-conviction, and 2 |
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| 410 | 410 | | habeas corpus proceedings are final and concluded, 3 |
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| 411 | 411 | | or the time within which such proceedings must be 4 |
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| 412 | 412 | | brought has expired. 5 |
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| 413 | 413 | | ‘‘(3) If no juvenile delinquency or criminal pro-6 |
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| 414 | 414 | | ceeding is brought against a youth who has been the 7 |
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| 415 | 415 | | subject of a recorded custodial interrogation, the re-8 |
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| 416 | 416 | | lated recording shall be preserved by law enforce-9 |
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| 417 | 417 | | ment personnel until all applicable State and Fed-10 |
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| 418 | 418 | | eral statutes of limitations bar prosecution of the 11 |
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| 419 | 419 | | youth. 12 |
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| 420 | 420 | | ‘‘(g) S |
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| 421 | 421 | | TUDY ANDREPORT.—Not later than 2 years 13 |
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| 422 | 422 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 14 |
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| 423 | 423 | | thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to Congress 15 |
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| 424 | 424 | | a report that describes— 16 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ‘‘(1) the instances in which recorded interroga-17 |
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| 426 | 426 | | tions were introduced as evidence in a juvenile delin-18 |
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| 427 | 427 | | quency or criminal proceeding; 19 |
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| 428 | 428 | | ‘‘(2) the instances in which interrogations were 20 |
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| 429 | 429 | | not recorded but were nonetheless introduced as evi-21 |
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| 430 | 430 | | dence in a juvenile delinquency or criminal pro-22 |
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| 431 | 431 | | ceeding; 23 |
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| 435 | 435 | | ‘‘(3) the instances in which interrogations were 1 |
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| 436 | 436 | | recorded and a plea of guilty was entered and ac-2 |
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| 437 | 437 | | cepted by the court; and 3 |
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| 438 | 438 | | ‘‘(4) the instances in which interrogations were 4 |
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| 439 | 439 | | not recorded and a plea of guilty was entered and 5 |
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| 440 | 440 | | accepted by the court. 6 |
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| 441 | 441 | | ‘‘§ 5005. Ban on solitary confinement of youth 7 |
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| 442 | 442 | | ‘‘(a) P |
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| 443 | 443 | | ROHIBITION.—The placement of a youth in 8 |
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| 444 | 444 | | temporary separation for any purpose other than as a tem-9 |
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| 445 | 445 | | porary response to behavior of the individual that poses 10 |
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| 446 | 446 | | a serious and immediate risk of physical harm to that indi-11 |
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| 447 | 447 | | vidual or to others, is prohibited. 12 |
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| 448 | 448 | | ‘‘(b) L |
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| 449 | 449 | | ESSRESTRICTIVETECHNIQUES.—Techniques 13 |
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| 450 | 450 | | that are less restrictive than temporary separation, includ-14 |
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| 451 | 451 | | ing de-escalation and intervention by facility employees, 15 |
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| 452 | 452 | | mental health professionals, and other youths shall be em-16 |
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| 453 | 453 | | ployed before the use of temporary separation. 17 |
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| 454 | 454 | | ‘‘(c) E |
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| 455 | 455 | | XPLANATION.—Before or immediately after an 18 |
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| 456 | 456 | | individual is placed in temporary separation, an employee 19 |
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| 457 | 457 | | of the detention facility shall provide the individual with 20 |
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| 458 | 458 | | an explanation of the reasons for the temporary separation 21 |
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| 459 | 459 | | and under what circumstances it will end. 22 |
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| 460 | 460 | | ‘‘(d) M |
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| 461 | 461 | | AXIMUMTIME.—A youth shall not be placed 23 |
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| 462 | 462 | | in temporary separation for more than 3 hours and con-24 |
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| 466 | 466 | | secutive periods of temporary separation for the same epi-1 |
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| 467 | 467 | | sode of behavior are prohibited. 2 |
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| 468 | 468 | | ‘‘(e) R |
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| 469 | 469 | | ELEASE.—A youth shall be released from tem-3 |
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| 470 | 470 | | porary separation as soon as he or she no longer poses 4 |
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| 471 | 471 | | a risk of serious and immediate physical harm. If a youth 5 |
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| 472 | 472 | | continues to pose a risk of serious and immediate physical 6 |
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| 473 | 473 | | harm after being in temporary separation for 3 hours, the 7 |
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| 474 | 474 | | facility shall, prior to, or upon the conclusion of such 3- 8 |
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| 475 | 475 | | hour period, initiate a transfer to another facility that can 9 |
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| 476 | 476 | | provide necessary services without the use of temporary 10 |
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| 477 | 477 | | separation or refer the individual to a mental health facil-11 |
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| 478 | 478 | | ity that can provide necessary services, in which case the 12 |
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| 479 | 479 | | individual may remain in temporary separation pending 13 |
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| 480 | 480 | | such transfer. 14 |
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| 481 | 481 | | ‘‘(f) C |
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| 482 | 482 | | ONDITIONS.—The physical space used for tem-15 |
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| 483 | 483 | | porary separation shall— 16 |
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| 484 | 484 | | ‘‘(1) be at least 80 square feet, suicide-resist-17 |
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| 485 | 485 | | ant, and protrusion-free; 18 |
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| 486 | 486 | | ‘‘(2) have adequate lighting and ventilation; 19 |
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| 487 | 487 | | ‘‘(3) be kept at a reasonable temperature; and 20 |
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| 488 | 488 | | ‘‘(4) provide access to clean potable water, toi-21 |
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| 489 | 489 | | let facilities, and hygiene supplies. 22 |
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| 490 | 490 | | ‘‘(g) S |
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| 491 | 491 | | ERVICES.—A youth placed in temporary sepa-23 |
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| 492 | 492 | | ration shall have access to appropriate medical and mental 24 |
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| 496 | 496 | | health services, and receive crisis intervention and one-on- 1 |
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| 497 | 497 | | one observation. 2 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ‘‘§ 5006. Restrictions on shackling of youth 3 |
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| 499 | 499 | | ‘‘(a) I |
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| 500 | 500 | | NGENERAL.—Instruments of restraint, such as 4 |
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| 501 | 501 | | handcuffs, chains, irons, straitjackets, or similar items, 5 |
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| 502 | 502 | | may not be used on a youth during a court proceeding 6 |
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| 503 | 503 | | and must be removed prior to the youth’s entry into a 7 |
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| 504 | 504 | | courtroom, unless the court finds that— 8 |
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| 505 | 505 | | ‘‘(1) the use of restraints is necessary— 9 |
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| 506 | 506 | | ‘‘(A) to prevent physical harm to the youth 10 |
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| 507 | 507 | | or another person; or 11 |
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| 508 | 508 | | ‘‘(B) to prevent the youth from fleeing the 12 |
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| 509 | 509 | | court; and 13 |
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| 510 | 510 | | ‘‘(2) a less restrictive alternative, such as the 14 |
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| 511 | 511 | | presence of additional court personnel, law enforce-15 |
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| 512 | 512 | | ment officers, or bailiffs, will not be sufficient to 16 |
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| 513 | 513 | | prevent the behavior described in subparagraphs (A) 17 |
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| 514 | 514 | | and (B) of paragraph (1). 18 |
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| 515 | 515 | | ‘‘(b) O |
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| 516 | 516 | | PPORTUNITYTORESPOND.—Before ordering 19 |
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| 517 | 517 | | the use of restraints, the court shall provide the youth with 20 |
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| 518 | 518 | | the opportunity to respond to any evidence presented 21 |
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| 519 | 519 | | under subsection (a). 22 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ‘‘(c) C |
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| 521 | 521 | | ERTAINSHACKLINGPROHIBITED.—A court 23 |
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| 522 | 522 | | may not order the use of restraints that— 24 |
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| 526 | 526 | | ‘‘(1) restrict movement of the youth’s hands, 1 |
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| 527 | 527 | | such that the youth is unable to read and handle 2 |
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| 528 | 528 | | documents used during the court proceeding; or 3 |
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| 529 | 529 | | ‘‘(2) are fixed to a wall, the floor, or furniture. 4 |
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| 530 | 530 | | ‘‘§ 5007. Definitions 5 |
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| 531 | 531 | | ‘‘For purposes of this chapter: 6 |
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| 532 | 532 | | ‘‘(1) The term ‘custodial interrogation’ means 7 |
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| 533 | 533 | | questioning or other conduct by a law enforcement 8 |
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| 534 | 534 | | officer which is reasonably likely to elicit an incrimi-9 |
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| 535 | 535 | | nating response from an individual and occurs when 10 |
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| 536 | 536 | | reasonable individuals in the same circumstances 11 |
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| 537 | 537 | | would consider themselves in custody. 12 |
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| 538 | 538 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘temporary separation’ means 13 |
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| 539 | 539 | | the involuntary restriction of an individual alone in 14 |
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| 540 | 540 | | a cell, room, or other area isolated away from all 15 |
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| 541 | 541 | | human contact except for the employees of the de-16 |
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| 542 | 542 | | tention facility. 17 |
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| 543 | 543 | | ‘‘(3) The term ‘youth’ means an individual who 18 |
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| 544 | 544 | | is 21 years of age or younger.’’. 19 |
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| 545 | 545 | | (b) T |
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| 546 | 546 | | ECHNICAL AND CONFORMINGAMENDMENT.— 20 |
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| 547 | 547 | | The table of sections for chapter 401 of title 18, United 21 |
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| 548 | 548 | | States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-22 |
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| 549 | 549 | | lowing: 23 |
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| 550 | 550 | | ‘‘5004. Ban on solitary confinement of youth. |
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| 551 | 551 | | ‘‘5005. Recording of custodial interrogations of youth. |
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| 552 | 552 | | ‘‘5006. Restrictions on shackling of youth. |
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| 553 | 553 | | ‘‘5007. Definitions.’’. |
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| 557 | 557 | | (c) STUDY ANDREPORT ONTEMPORARYSEPARA-1 |
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| 558 | 558 | | TION OFYOUTH INFEDERALFACILITIES.—Not later 2 |
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| 559 | 559 | | than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, and 3 |
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| 560 | 560 | | annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to 4 |
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| 561 | 561 | | Congress a report that contains— 5 |
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| 562 | 562 | | (1) a detailed description of the types and con-6 |
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| 563 | 563 | | ditions of temporary separation used for Federal 7 |
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| 564 | 564 | | prisoners or detainees who are youths; and 8 |
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| 565 | 565 | | (2) a list of the number of instances in which 9 |
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| 566 | 566 | | temporary separation was used for Federal prisoners 10 |
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| 567 | 567 | | or detainees who are youths, disaggregated by age, 11 |
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| 568 | 568 | | race, ethnicity, gender, and a description of the cir-12 |
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| 569 | 569 | | cumstances specific to each such instance, including 13 |
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| 570 | 570 | | the cause, length, and result. 14 |
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| 571 | 571 | | SEC. 5. YOUTH CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION RECORDING 15 |
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| 572 | 572 | | GRANTS. 16 |
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| 573 | 573 | | (a) I |
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| 574 | 574 | | NGENERAL.—Title I of the Omnibus Crime 17 |
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| 575 | 575 | | Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10101 18 |
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| 576 | 576 | | et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 19 |
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| 577 | 577 | | ‘‘PART PP—YOUTH CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION 20 |
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| 578 | 578 | | VIDEO RECORDING GRANTS 21 |
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| 579 | 579 | | ‘‘SEC. 3051. CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION VIDEO RECORD-22 |
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| 580 | 580 | | ING GRANTS. 23 |
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| 581 | 581 | | ‘‘(a) G |
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| 582 | 582 | | RANTPROGRAM.—The Attorney General shall 24 |
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| 583 | 583 | | make grants to States and units of local government to 25 |
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| 587 | 587 | | take whatever steps the Attorney General determines to 1 |
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| 588 | 588 | | be necessary to achieve complete and accurate recording, 2 |
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| 589 | 589 | | by both audio and video means, of every custodial interro-3 |
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| 590 | 590 | | gation of a youth occurring within the State or unit of 4 |
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| 591 | 591 | | local government. 5 |
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| 592 | 592 | | ‘‘(b) M |
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| 593 | 593 | | ATCHINGREQUIREMENT.—The portion of the 6 |
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| 594 | 594 | | costs of a program funded by a grant under this section 7 |
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| 595 | 595 | | may not exceed 75 percent. 8 |
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| 596 | 596 | | ‘‘(c) D |
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| 597 | 597 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 9 |
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| 598 | 598 | | ‘‘(1) The term ‘custodial interrogation’ means 10 |
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| 599 | 599 | | questioning or other conduct by a law enforcement 11 |
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| 600 | 600 | | officer which is reasonably likely to elicit an incrimi-12 |
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| 601 | 601 | | nating response from an individual and occurs when 13 |
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| 602 | 602 | | reasonable individuals in the same circumstances 14 |
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| 603 | 603 | | would consider themselves in custody. 15 |
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| 604 | 604 | | ‘‘(2) The term ‘youth’ means an individual who 16 |
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| 605 | 605 | | is 21 years of age or younger.’’. 17 |
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| 606 | 606 | | (b) A |
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| 607 | 607 | | UTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 18 |
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| 608 | 608 | | 1001(a) of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 19 |
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| 609 | 609 | | Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10261(a)) is amended by 20 |
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| 610 | 610 | | adding at the end the following: 21 |
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| 611 | 611 | | ‘‘(29) There are authorized to be appropriated 22 |
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| 612 | 612 | | to carry out part PP such sums as may be necessary 23 |
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| 613 | 613 | | for each of the first 5 fiscal years beginning after 24 |
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| 614 | 614 | | the date of the enactment of such part.’’. 25 |
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| 618 | 618 | | SEC. 6. POLICE-YOUTH INTERACTIONS. 1 |
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| 619 | 619 | | (a) I |
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| 620 | 620 | | NGENERAL.—Beginning after the end of the im-2 |
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| 621 | 621 | | plementation period, in the case of a State or unit of local 3 |
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| 622 | 622 | | government that received a grant award under subpart 1 4 |
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| 623 | 623 | | of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and 5 |
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| 624 | 624 | | Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10151 et seq.), or 6 |
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| 625 | 625 | | under part Q of title I of such Act (34 U.S.C. 10381 et 7 |
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| 626 | 626 | | seq.), if that State or unit of local government fails by 8 |
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| 627 | 627 | | the end of a fiscal year to substantially comply with the 9 |
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| 628 | 628 | | requirements of subsections (c) and (d), the Attorney Gen-10 |
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| 629 | 629 | | eral shall reduce the amount that would otherwise be 11 |
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| 630 | 630 | | awarded to that State or unit of government under such 12 |
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| 631 | 631 | | grant program in the following fiscal year by 5 percent. 13 |
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| 632 | 632 | | (b) R |
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| 633 | 633 | | EALLOCATION.—Amounts not allocated under a 14 |
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| 634 | 634 | | program referred to in subsection (a) to a State for failure 15 |
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| 635 | 635 | | to be in compliance with this section shall be reallocated 16 |
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| 636 | 636 | | under the program to States that are in compliance with 17 |
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| 637 | 637 | | this section. 18 |
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| 638 | 638 | | (c) P |
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| 639 | 639 | | OLICE-YOUTHINTERACTIONPOLICY.—A State 19 |
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| 640 | 640 | | or unit of local government shall have in effect a policy 20 |
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| 641 | 641 | | establishing procedures, standards, and training on police- 21 |
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| 642 | 642 | | youth interactions that are grounded in evidence-based 22 |
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| 643 | 643 | | practices and address, at a minimum, de-escalation, verbal 23 |
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| 644 | 644 | | communication, physical contact, use of restraints, use of 24 |
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| 645 | 645 | | lethal and nonlethal force, notification of a parent or 25 |
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| 646 | 646 | | guardian, interviews and questioning, custodial interroga-26 |
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| 650 | 650 | | tion, searches, audio and video recording, conditions of 1 |
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| 651 | 651 | | custody, alternatives to arrest, diversion and community 2 |
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| 652 | 652 | | resources, referral to child protection agencies, removal 3 |
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| 653 | 653 | | from school grounds or campus, mental health and crisis 4 |
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| 654 | 654 | | intervention, and any needs specific to minority youth. 5 |
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| 655 | 655 | | (d) P |
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| 656 | 656 | | OLICE-YOUTHINTERACTION TRAINING.—A 6 |
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| 657 | 657 | | State or unit of local government shall have in effect a 7 |
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| 658 | 658 | | policy requiring all law enforcement officers to receive 8 |
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| 659 | 659 | | training on the police-youth interaction policy described in 9 |
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| 660 | 660 | | subsection (c), and on police-youth interaction and mental 10 |
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| 661 | 661 | | health crisis intervention generally, that is equal to the 11 |
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| 662 | 662 | | quality and number of hours of training received for fire-12 |
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| 663 | 663 | | arms and use of force, but not less than 12 hours at the 13 |
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| 664 | 664 | | start of employment and 6 hours annually thereafter. 14 |
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| 665 | 665 | | (e) G |
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| 666 | 666 | | UIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 15 |
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| 667 | 667 | | of enactment of this Act, the Attorney General shall issue 16 |
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| 668 | 668 | | guidance on the establishment of police-youth interaction 17 |
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| 669 | 669 | | policies and training in order to assist States and local 18 |
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| 670 | 670 | | governments in complying with subsection (a). 19 |
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| 671 | 671 | | (f) I |
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| 672 | 672 | | MPLEMENTATION PERIOD.—The term ‘‘imple-20 |
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| 673 | 673 | | mentation period’’ means the period beginning on the date 21 |
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| 674 | 674 | | of enactment of this Act and ending on the later of— 22 |
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| 675 | 675 | | (1) the date that is 1 year after the date of en-23 |
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| 676 | 676 | | actment of this Act; or 24 |
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| 681 | 681 | | which the Attorney General issues the guidance re-2 |
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| 682 | 682 | | quired under subsection (e). 3 |
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| 683 | 683 | | The Attorney General may extend such period by an addi-4 |
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| 684 | 684 | | tional year not more than once. 5 |
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