State Ex Rel. M.C.H. v. Kinder

MILLER, Justice:

In this original jurisdiction proceeding, we are asked to set some standards regarding preadjudication detention of juveniles who have committed acts which would be crimes if they were adults. This case involves two juveniles ages seven and nine who were confined in a secure detention facility to await the disposition of delinquency proceedings. Their counsel argues that they should not have been committed to a secure, prison-like facility because of their ages absent some showing of extraordinary circumstances. Further error is assigned that the committing magistrate should…