Ind. Code § 31-37-19-11

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 31-37-19-11 - Confinement imposed under departmental classification system; limitation

If a child:

(1) is adjudicated a delinquent child for a delinquent act; and

(2) becomes a ward of the department of correction under this chapter (or IC 31-6-4-15.9 before its repeal);

the department of correction may not at any time during the child's confinement impose a departmental classification system on the child that would cause the child to be confined in a correctional facility for longer than the period of confinement under a departmental classification system that existed on the date that the child committed the delinquent act.

IC 31-37-19-11

Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-21.

As added by P.L. 1-1997, SEC.20.