(2) develop standards for juvenile detention in facilities operated by the
Department and private agencies under contract with the Department by
considering:

(i) policies favoring nonsecure detention alternatives to allow for
the least restrictive interim status appropriate to an accused juvenile;

(ii) prohibitions on the placement in a secure detention facility of
juveniles not charged with a crime;

(iii) a requirement of population limits for each juvenile detention

facility;

(iv) specifications for the architectural structure of juvenile
detention facilities;

(v) a requirement for educational, health, mental health, and
substance abuse services;

(vi) staff qualifications, training, and the ratio of staff to juveniles
in a juvenile detention facility;

(vii) provisions regarding the rights of juveniles in juvenile
detention, including a juvenile's privacy, the use of force on a juvenile, visitors,
telephone use, and mail delivery;

(viii) authorization for the simultaneous housing in a nonsecure
juvenile detention facility of juveniles charged with criminal offenses and juveniles
held over for other reasons; and

(ix) the need for an annual inventory of each juvenile detention
facility to determine the daily population, annual admissions, cost of detention, and
qualifications and training of staff.

(c) (1) On or before November 15, 1999, the Department shall submit its
findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly, in
accordance with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article.

(2) The final report shall include:

(i) recommendations on standards identified in subsection (b) of
this Act for juvenile detention facilities operated by the Department or a private
agency under contract with the Department;

(ii) recommendations on the time lines and costs associated with
implementing the proposed standards; and

(iii) a model for independent monitoring of the Department's
implementation of the juvenile detention standards.

SECTION 3. 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take
effect October 1, 1999.