Secure detention holdover programs
Compiled text through Jul 31, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- Jul 31, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
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- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
(a)A holdover facility shall be established only when an approved available secure detention facility is located more than 1 ½ hours distant from the Family Court under normal travel conditions.
(b)Children shall not be detained in a holdover facility in excess of 48 hours, except that a youth may be detained in such facility for up to 72 hours in the case of holidays or court recess.
(c)Capacity of a holdover facility shall not exceed three children.
(d)A holdover facility shall be located in a fire resistant building, have at least one individual sleeping room, a separate area for recreation, waiting, interviewing or visiting, a bathroom (to include a toilet, sink and shower) with hot and cold running water. Outside communications, such as 24-hour telephone service, shall be available.
(e)Each facility shall provide for dining and make provisions to serve snacks or meals to newly admitted children, and for regular meals.
(f)When a holdover facility is located in an institution caring for other people, detained children shall be kept in separate quarters out of sight and hearing of such other people.
(g)Provision shall be made for 24-hour awake, on-duty supervision when children are detained in a holdover facility. A woman shall be on duty whenever a female child is detained. Personnel shall be drawn from a panel of persons who have personal characteristics and experience appropriate for work with children who may be disturbed or angry after apprehension for violation of law and removal from home.
(h)Only children of the same sex may sleep in the same room
(i)There may be no more than two children sleeping in each bedroom.