Bill > A08333

This bill prohibits the detainment of minors under 18 years old with adult detainees in secure juvenile detention facilities in New York City. The bill introduces introduces a new "category called "older youth detention facility" specifically for detaining individuals who are between 18 and 21 years old, including adolor juvenileescentenders offenders. This means that young people who would previously have been held with adult detainees will now be placed in separate facilities designed for their age group. The bill defines these "older youth detention facilities" as secure juvenile detention facilities operated by the New York City Administration for Children's Services, specifically for detaining adolescent and juvenile offenders between 18 and 21 years old. The purpose of this legislation to younger detainees from being housed negative influences or risks associated with being detained alongside older adult deta. The. new law will will take first of following its.

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https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A8333