Secure Estate for Children and Young People
When no alternative is appropriate, due to the seriousness of the offence, the history of the offender or the risk to the public, young people who offend will be sentenced to custody. This area explains how the secure estate operates. Click to find out specifically about the YJB's work within the secure estate.
The main custodial sentence is the Detention and Training Order, but for more serious offences a young person will be given a sentence under Section 90/91. Please click for more information on sentencing.
There are three types of secure accommodation in which a young person can be placed. Together the following make up the secure estate for children and young people:
All young people are assessed when they enter the youth justice system, and the results of the this assessment determines where a young person is placed within the secure estate. Click to find out more about the assessment process, and how a young person is placed in custody.
Click for contact details for all the secure establishments we work with.
Helplines available to young people, who are in or have just left custody, are listed on our Advice for Young People in Custody page.