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Ind. Code § 31-37-19-11 — Confinement imposed under departmental classification system; limitation
Current through 2026 Regular Session
Part of Chapter 19: Dispositional Decrees, Indiana Code.
Full text of Ind. Code § 31-37-19-11
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Sec. 11. 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. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-21.]
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