MS HB995

Authorizes the Department of Public Safety's Planning Division to monitor and enforce four core protection requirements from the federal Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 2002: deinstitutionalization of status offenders, separation of juveniles from incarcerated adults, removal of juveniles from adult jails and lockups, and disproportional minority contact.

Makes it a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of up to $1,000 for any staff or individual at a secure facility to prohibit the Planning Division from performing its duties related to these four core protection requirements.

Defines "secure facility" as any facility that may be used to hold a juvenile pursuant to public authority.

Takes effect July 1, 2011.