| 词汇 | youth-custody |
| 释义 | youth custody noun[ U ] UKuk /ˌjuːθ ˈkʌs.tə.di/ us /ˌjuːθ ˈkʌs.tə.di/(USjuvenile detention) a form of prison for young people below a certain age who have committed a crime, in England and Wales below the age of 18: The 17-year-old who caused the fatal accident was sentenced to 18 months' youth custody and banned from driving for 6 years. The report focused attention on conditions within Britain's largest youth custody centre. The Youth Custody Service decides which secure unit a child will be sent to. See also young offender institution A learner driver high on drugs was given two and a half years' youth custody yesterday for killing a teenage girl. She criticized the fact that seven times as much is spent on youth custody as on crime prevention schemes. The adult defendants face mandatory life sentences, while the juveniles face indefinite youth custody. Prisons & parts of prisons approved school Bastille boot camp borstal brig gaol gaoler halfway house HMP nick open prison panopticon penal colony penitentiary straightjacket straitjacket the gulag wardenship warder young offender institution |
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