N.D. Cent. Code § 12-46-13
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12-46-13. Who may be sent to North Dakota youth correctional center - Court procedure
Official statutory text
12-46-13. Who may be sent to North Dakota youth correctional center - Court
procedure.
Whenever a district court finds an offender under eighteen years of age guilty of a crime and
commits the offender to the custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, the
department may transfer the offender to the North Dakota youth correctional center; however,
the department shall first transfer the offender to the North Dakota youth correctional center if
the offender is under sixteen years of age. The department may allow an offender who is
between eighteen years of age and twenty years of age to remain at the North Dakota youth
correctional center if the department determines that it is in the best interests of the department
and the offender and it is not contrary to safety interests of the other residents or the general
public. The department shall transfer an offender who has attained twenty years of age to an
adult correctional facility. An offender placed by the department at the North Dakota youth
correctional center under this section has all the rights to sentence reduction for good and
meritorious conduct and all the pardon and parole rights of an adult committed to the legal and
physical custody of the department.
procedure.
Whenever a district court finds an offender under eighteen years of age guilty of a crime and
commits the offender to the custody of the department of corrections and rehabilitation, the
department may transfer the offender to the North Dakota youth correctional center; however,
the department shall first transfer the offender to the North Dakota youth correctional center if
the offender is under sixteen years of age. The department may allow an offender who is
between eighteen years of age and twenty years of age to remain at the North Dakota youth
correctional center if the department determines that it is in the best interests of the department
and the offender and it is not contrary to safety interests of the other residents or the general
public. The department shall transfer an offender who has attained twenty years of age to an
adult correctional facility. An offender placed by the department at the North Dakota youth
correctional center under this section has all the rights to sentence reduction for good and
meritorious conduct and all the pardon and parole rights of an adult committed to the legal and
physical custody of the department.
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