Indiana Code - Family Law and Juvenile Law - Title 31, Section 31-37-19-21

Juvenile detention facility confining child for more than 30 days;
criteria

Sec. 21. As part of a dispositional decree, a child may only be
confined in a juvenile detention facility for more than thirty (30)
days if the facility meets the following criteria:
(1) The facility provides to delinquent children a program that
includes recreation, education, counseling, and health care.
(2) The program provides services and treatment to:
(A) meet the individual needs of the delinquent child;
(B) involve the delinquent child's family if possible; and
(C) provide transitional services for delinquent children
returning to community placement.
(3) The program must be administered and operated by staff
who are qualified through education and training to provide
rehabilitation and treatment.
(4) The juvenile detention facility must meet the state standards
and licensing requirements established by 210 IAC 6.

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

Last modified: May 24, 2006