youth prison
Young offenders' facility
A youth prison is a detention facility for minors convicted of crimes, typically housing offenders too young for adult prisons but whose offenses warrant incarceration rather than lighter interventions.
Also called juvenile detention centers, youth correctional facilities, or reform schools: He spent two years in a youth prison for armed robbery at fifteen.
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- juvenile hallDetention for minors
- young offenderMinor who breaks law
- detentionTemporary official holding
- incarcerationConfinement in jail
reformatory · reform school · correctional · criminal justice · delinquent · offender · cell · behind bars · locked up · warden · sentence · bars · facility · rehabilitation · scared straight · lockup · minor · teenage
youth prisonfreedom
Absence of constraint
youth center · community center · home · playground · public school
youth prisonfoster home
Temporary guardianship residence
boarding school · group home · youth club · youth shelter · summer camp
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