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title: "18 U.S.C. § 5039"
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title_number: 18
title_name: "CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE"
chapter_number: "403"
chapter_name: "JUVENILE DELINQUENCY"
section: "5039"
citation: "18 U.S.C. § 5039"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 5039 - Commitment
## Text
No juvenile committed, whether pursuant to an adjudication of delinquency or conviction for an offense, to the custody of the Attorney General may be placed or retained in an adult jail or correctional institution in which he has regular contact with adults incarcerated because they have been convicted of a crime or are awaiting trial on criminal charges. Every juvenile who has been committed shall be provided with adequate food, heat, light, sanitary facilities, bedding, clothing, recreation, counseling, education, training, and medical care including necessary psychiatric, psychological, or other care and treatment. Whenever possible, the Attorney General shall commit a juvenile to a foster home or community-based facility located in or near his home community.
(Added Pub. L. 93415, title V, § 509, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1138; amended Pub. L. 103322, title XIV, § 140003, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2032.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
Amendments1994—Pub. L. 103322 inserted “, whether pursuant to an adjudication of delinquency or conviction for an offense,” after “committed” in first par.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
RepealsPub. L. 93415, title V, § 509, Sept. 7, 1974, 88 Stat. 1138, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 115385, title III, § 307, Dec. 21, 2018, 132 Stat. 5152.