juvenile facilities

Young offender centers

Juvenile facilities are institutions where minors are held after being arrested, charged, or convicted of crimes.

These include detention centers for youth awaiting trial and correctional facilities for those serving sentences.

The term encompasses a range of settings from secure lockups to less restrictive group homes: He spent two years in a juvenile facility before aging out of the system.

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National government detention facilities

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Community spaces for adolescents

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