Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 2. CHILDREN [100 - 1500]
( Division 2 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369. ) PART 1. DELINQUENTS AND WARDS OF THE JUVENILE COURT [100 - 1459]
( Part 1 enacted by Stats. 1937, Ch. 369. ) CHAPTER 2. Juvenile Court Law [200 - 987]
( Chapter 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1616. ) ARTICLE 23. Wards and Dependent Children—Juvenile Halls [850 - 873]
( Heading of Article 23 renumbered from Article 14 by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1068. ) 851.
Except as provided in Section 207.1, the juvenile hall shall not be in, or connected with, any jail or prison, and shall not be deemed to be, nor be treated as, a penal institution. It shall be a safe and supportive homelike environment.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 694, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.)