Sec. 2. A child alleged to be a delinquent child under IC 31-37-1 may be held in either of the following: (1) A secure facility for not more than six (6) hours upon arrest for the limited purposes of: (A) identification; (B) processing; (C) interrogation; (D) transfer to a juvenile detention facility; or (E) release to parents. If the child is detained in a secure facility, the child shall be restricted to an area of the facility in which the child has not more than haphazard or incidental sight or sound contact with persons charged with, imprisoned for, or incarcerated for crimes. (2) A juvenile detention facility. [Pre-1997 Recodification Citation: 31-6-4-6.5(b).]
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