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GA SB366

Bill

Status

Passed

5/7/2012

Primary Sponsor

Earl Carter

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the commissioner of the Department of Juvenile Justice to establish marked guard lines around juvenile detention centers and youth development centers, with signs at corners and all entrances and exits notifying the public of the facility boundaries

  • Makes it a felony, punishable by 1 to 4 years imprisonment, to introduce weapons, ammunition, explosives, intoxicating liquor, marijuana, amphetamines, or other drugs across established guard lines at juvenile detention centers without authorization from the commissioner or center director

  • Prohibits any person from providing and any youth from possessing weapons, ammunition, explosives, tobacco products, intoxicating liquor, drugs, telecommunications devices (including cell phones and computers), or any other unauthorized article at a juvenile detention center, with violations punishable as a felony carrying 1 to 4 years imprisonment

  • Criminalizes unauthorized trading, trafficking, buying from, or selling any article to a youth assigned to a juvenile detention center or youth development center as a felony punishable by 1 to 4 years imprisonment

  • Repeals prior subsections (d) and (e) of Code Section 49-4A-11 governing contraband provisions and replaces them with expanded, more detailed new Code sections; effective July 1, 2012, applying to offenses committed on or after that date

Legislative Description

Juvenile Justice Dept.; revise restrictions; possessions of contraband at juvenile detention centers

Last Action

Effective Date

7/1/2012

Committee Referrals

Judiciary - Non-Civil2/17/2012
Public Safety2/1/2012

Full Bill Text

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