juvenile detention
Minors' holding facility
Juvenile detention is the confinement of minors who have been accused or convicted of crimes, or who are awaiting court proceedings.
Detention facilities for juveniles are separate from adult jails and prisons, operating under a system that emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment: He spent six months in juvenile detention for the theft.
Often shortened to juvie in informal speech.
- delinquencyCriminal or neglectful behavior
- young offendersMinors who commit crimes
- ankle monitorCourt-ordered tracking device
- scared straightDeterred through terror
- second chancesAdditional opportunities after failing
counseling services · prison · jail · adjudication · reformatory · mentorship programs · life skills education · vocational training · child protection laws · locked up · behind bars · visitation rights · penitentiary · at-risk youth · youth courts · court date · behavioral therapy · security protocols
- prisonsprison, inmates, cells, prisons, prisoner
- imprisonmentprison, jail, prisoners, cells, captivity
- Incarcerationcell blocks, prison conditions, prison guards, prison labor, prison reform
- penologypenology, prisons, incarceration, parole board, prison
- child lawchild custody, child protection, child welfare, child support, child rights
- detentionjail, captive, prison, captivity, detainee
juvenile detentionstate penitentiary
Government-run facility for serious offenders
federal prison · maximum security prison · county jail · supermax · death row
juvenile detentiondiversion program
Non-prison criminal resolution
community service · restorative justice · juvenile probation · mentorship program · family counseling