KRS 635.055: Detention of child found in contempt of court.

No child who is found to be in contempt of court shall be committed as a public offender

as a result of such finding, nor detained because of such finding in a facility other than a

secure juvenile detention facility, youth alternative center, an alternati ve to detention

program approved by the Department of Juvenile Justice, or a nonsecure detention

alternative. An order of detention for a child found in contempt shall not exceed thirty

(30) days.