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Dear Mr. Barbor:

Please be advised that the office of the Attorney General is in receipt of your opinion request regarding the applicability of Louisiana Children's Code Articles 897 and 899 (and the dispositional alternatives available thereunder) to a sentence of custody with the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Corrections Services. This request was made in the context of juvenile judges who probate juveniles and then, as a special condition of the probation, commit the juvenile to the custody of the Department. Your request addressed the following specific questions:

1] Does the…