Young people burn vast quantities of calories, in part to provide for growth. Recognizing this, and attempting to provide a practical and realistic approach to deal with these increased nutritional needs, this standard provides for a snack to be provided to the minor. This snack need only be provided if the minor requests it and only once during the term of the temporary custody. The snack should be nutritious, but otherwise the standard does not mandate a specific food type. Contact Between Minors and Adult Prisoners.
Contact is described as communication whether verbal or visual, or immediate physical presence.
Decision on Secure Detention. Conditions of Secure Detention and Non-Secure Custody. Minors who are held in a locked room, cell or other enclosure are securely detained. Minors who are held in an unlocked room, yet are handcuffed to themselves, are not securely detained. It is cost prohibitive and illogical to expect law enforcement facilities to be constructed in such a way that a minor would never see or hear an adult inmate.