Sec. 46b-141a. Placement of delinquent child in alternative incarceration program. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 46b-141a. Placement of delinquent child in alternative incarceration program. (a) Whenever a child is convicted as delinquent, the court, in lieu of committing such child to the Department of Children and Families or to a juvenile detention center, may, in its discretion, order an assessment for placement in an alternative incarceration program to be conducted by the Court Support Services Division. If the Court Support Services Division recommends placement in an alternative incarceration program, it shall also submit to the court a proposed alternative incarceration plan. Upon completion of the assessment, the court shall determine whether such child shall be ordered to participate in such program as an alternative to commitment. If the court determines that the child shall participate in such program, the court shall suspend any commitment to the Department of Children and Families or to a juvenile detention center and shall make participation in the alternative incarceration program a condition of probation.

      (b) An alternative incarceration program shall include, but not be limited to, fines, restitution, community service, halfway houses, alternative incarceration centers, day incarceration centers, drug, alcohol and mental health programs, electronic monitoring, intensive probation, vocational probation, boot camps, structured wilderness programs, pretrial diversion options aimed at creating alternatives to unnecessary detention, and school and job training programs.

      (P.A. 94-136, S. 3; P.A. 95-225, S. 24; P.A. 02-132, S. 24.)

      History: P.A. 95-225 amended Subsec. (a) to replace "adjudged delinquent" with "convicted as delinquent" and "Family Division" with "juvenile probation unit"; P.A. 02-132 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing "juvenile probation unit of the Superior Court" with "Court Support Services Division".