§ 14-1-36. Commitment of delinquent and wayward children.
(a) In all proceedings under this chapter, the court may order a delinquent or wayward
child to be committed to the training school for youth for a sentence no longer than
the youth's nineteenth birthday. However, nothing contained in this section shall
be construed to prohibit the placing of any child in the custody of the department
of children, youth and families or any other agency, society, or institution, pursuant
to § 14-1-32. The commitment of delinquent or wayward children shall be by an order and all assignments
of the custody of dependent, neglected, delinquent, or wayward c
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§ 14-1-36. Commitment of delinquent and wayward children.
(a) In all proceedings under this chapter, the court may order a delinquent or wayward
child to be committed to the training school for youth for a sentence no longer than
the youth's nineteenth birthday. However, nothing contained in this section shall
be construed to prohibit the placing of any child in the custody of the department
of children, youth and families or any other agency, society, or institution, pursuant
to § 14-1-32. The commitment of delinquent or wayward children shall be by an order and all assignments
of the custody of dependent, neglected, delinquent, or wayward children to the state
training school for youth or to the custody of the department of children, youth and
families or to any of the private institutions, agencies, or societies mentioned in
this chapter shall be by a decree signed by the justice of the court by whom the order
or decree is issued, and that order or decree shall be directed to any person that
the court may designate, and shall require that person to take the child and deliver
him or her to the officer in charge of the training school for youth or to the custody
of the director of children, youth and families or of the public or private institution,
agency, or society, and the order or decree shall constitute the person charged with
it, while he or she has the order in his or her possession for service, an officer
for all purposes under this chapter, in any county of the state in which it may be
necessary for him or her to go. The person charged with carrying out the order or
decree shall also deliver to the officer of the public or private institution, agency,
or society or to the training school for youth or the director of children, youth
and families a copy of the order or the decree signed by the justice of the court
issuing it, and subject to the provisions of this chapter, the officer and other authorities
in charge of the training school for youth or the director of children, youth and
families or any public or private institution, agency, or society shall hold the child
according to the terms of any other order or decree that may from time to time thereafter
be issued by the court in relation to the child.
(b) Whenever the court shall commit a child to the training school for youth or to the
director of children, youth and families or any other institution or agency, it shall
transmit with the order of commitment a summary of its information concerning the
child.