Kentucky Revised Statutes · § 630.095 — Detention of alleged or adjudicated status offender

(1) A child who is alleged to be a status offender, adjudicated as a status offender, or a status offender alleged or found to have violated a valid court order may be detained as follows:

(a) A child who is under fourteen (14) years old shall not be detained in a secure juvenile detention facility but may be detained in a nonsecure setting approved by the Department of Juvenile Justice; and

(b) A child who is fourteen (14) years of age or older may be detained in a nonsecure setting approved by the Department of Juvenile Justice or a secure juvenile detention facility.

(2) (a) Unless a shorter time period is established in this chapter or KRS Chapter 610, any child who may be detained in a secure juvenile detention facility shall not be detained for longer than seven (7) days unless a court makes written findings that further detention of the child is necessary for the protection of the child or the community.

(b) In no event shall the period of detention under paragraph (a) of this subsection exceed thirty (30) days.