GroundRules
16 Pa.C.S. § 16137: Room or building for juvenile offenders awaiting trial.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 16 - COUNTIES
- PART IV COUNTIES OF THE SECOND CLASS A THROUGH EIGHTH CLASS
- CHAPTER 161 GROUNDS AND BUILDINGS
- SUBCHAPTER E SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR TEMPORARY COUNTY BUILDINGS AND FOR ROOMS IN COUNTY BUILDINGS
The county commissioners of the third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth class shall provide, furnish and heat within the county a separate room or rooms or a suitable building to be used exclusively for the confinement of any and all alleged or adjudicated delinquent children or dependent children as defined in 42 Pa.C.S. § 6302 (relating to definitions) who may be in custody awaiting trial or hearing in the courts of the county, and provide for the maintenance and care of the children while in custody.
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