A child under the age of eighteen years who has been sentenced as an adult felon to a term of imprisonment in a state correctional facility may be placed in a Department of Corrections juvenile facility by the secretary of corrections. This section does not affect the child's status as an adult offender and inmate of the state correctional facility.
S.D. Codified Laws § 26-11A-6
Age limit for placement of child sentenced as adult into juvenile facility--Affect on status
Source: SL 1996, ch 172, § 56; SL 2023, ch 82, § 95.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.