South Australian Current Acts

SENTENCING ACT 2017 - SECT 118

118—Detention in prison

If the court issues an order for detention of a youth or sentences a youth to detention under this Division—

            (a)         where the youth is already in custody in a prison, the youth will serve the detention in a prison; or

            (b)         where the youth has previously served a sentence of imprisonment or detention in a prison, the court may direct that the youth serve the detention in a prison,

and the Correctional Services Act 1982 applies to and in relation to a youth serving detention in a prison under this section.