Almost 15,00 youths serving sentences in custody. (Children, Youth & Families).OTTAWA -- In 2000/01, there were 14,909 admissions to sentenced custody, representing 60 admissions for every 10,000 youth, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics of Statistics Canada. Among these, 53% were sentenced admissions to open custody, and the remainder were to secure custody. The majority of admissions to youth correctional programs were for probation. In 2000/01 there were 149 admissions to probation for every 10,000 youth. Remand To send back. A higher court may remand a case to a lower court so that the lower court will take a certain action ordered by the higher court. A prisoner who is remanded into custody is sent back to prison subsequent to a Preliminary Hearing before a tribunal or magistrate (temporary detention) accounted for 9,362 admissions to youth custody, a rate of 65 for every 10,000 youth. Incarceration Confinement in a jail or prison; imprisonment. Police officers and other law enforcement officers are authorized by federal, state, and local lawmakers to arrest and confine persons suspected of crimes. The judicial system is authorized to confine persons convicted of crimes. rates are based on the average daily workload counts of young offenders A young offender is a person of either gender who has been convicted or cautioned for a criminal offence. Criminal justice systems often deal with young offenders differently from adult offenders, but different countries apply the term 'young offender' to different age groups in correctional facilities on an average day. Among the reporting provinces in 2000/01, incarceration rates ranged from 9 young offenders in custody for every 10,000 youth in British Columbia British Columbia, province (2001 pop. 3,907,738), 366,255 sq mi (948,600 sq km), including 6,976 sq mi (18,068 sq km) of water surface, W Canada. Geography to 36 in Saskatchewan. The information is found in Juristat : Youth custody and community services in Canada, 2000/01. 800-387-2231 |
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