Wis. Stat. § 48.208
Criteria for holding a child in a juvenile detention facility
Redline — January 1, 2003 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2005
As of January 1, 2003
A child may be held in a secure detention facility if the intake worker determines that one of the following conditions applies:
A child may be held in a juvenile detention facility if the intake worker determines that one of the following conditions applies:
(3) The child consents in writing to being held in order to protect him or her from an imminent physical threat from another and such secure custody is ordered by the judge in a protective order.
(3) The child consents in writing to being held in order to protect him or her from an imminent physical threat from another and such secure custody is ordered by the judge in a protective order.
(4) Probable cause exists to believe that the child, having been placed in nonsecure custody by an intake worker under s. 48.207 (1) or by the judge or a circuit court commissioner under s. 48.21 (4) , has run away or committed a delinquent act and no other suitable alternative exists.
(4) Probable cause exists to believe that the child, having been placed in nonsecure custody by an intake worker under s. 48.207 (1) or by the judge or a circuit court commissioner under s. 48.21 (4) , has run away or committed a delinquent act and no other suitable alternative exists.
Official source: Wisconsin State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Wisconsin statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.