Connecticut General Statutes 46b-141d – Credit for presentence detention
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Any child who is arrested and held in a juvenile residential center, an alternative residential center or a police station or courthouse lockup prior to the disposition of a juvenile matter shall, if subsequently adjudicated as delinquent by the Superior Court and sentenced to a period of probation supervision or probation supervision with residential placement, earn a reduction of such child’s period of probation supervision or probation supervision with residential placement, including any extensions thereof, equal to the number of days that such child spent in such residential center or lockup.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 46b-141d
- Child: means any person under eighteen years of age who has not been legally emancipated, except that for purposes of delinquency matters and proceedings, "child" means any person who (A) is at least ten years of age at the time of the alleged commission of a delinquent act and who is (i) under eighteen years of age and has not been legally emancipated, or (ii) eighteen years of age or older and committed a delinquent act prior to attaining eighteen years of age, or (B) subsequent to attaining eighteen years of age, (i) violates any order of the Superior Court or any condition of probation ordered by the Superior Court with respect to a delinquency proceeding, or (ii) wilfully fails to appear in response to a summons under section 46b-133 or at any other court hearing in a delinquency proceeding of which the child had notice. See Connecticut General Statutes 46b-120
- Juvenile residential center: means a hardware-secured residential facility operated by the Court Support Services Division of the Judicial Branch that includes direct staff supervision, surveillance enhancements and physical barriers that allow for close supervision and controlled movement in a treatment setting for preadjudicated juveniles and juveniles adjudicated as delinquent. See Connecticut General Statutes 46b-120
- Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
- Probation supervision: means a legal status whereby a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent is placed by the court under the supervision of juvenile probation for a specified period of time and upon such terms as the court determines. See Connecticut General Statutes 46b-120
- Probation supervision with residential placement: means a legal status whereby a juvenile who has been adjudicated delinquent is placed by the court under the supervision of juvenile probation for a specified period of time, upon such terms as the court determines, that include a period of placement in a secure or staff-secure residential treatment facility, as ordered by the court, and a period of supervision in the community. See Connecticut General Statutes 46b-120