B) Semi-custodial

Borstal. These institutions are for the training of young offenders between 15 and 21 years of age, where the court is of the opinion - having regard to the circumstances of the offence, the offender’s character and his previous conduct - that it is expedient that he should be detained for not less than 6 months. The maximum period of detention is 3 years. The offender is then subject to 18 months’ supervision. The general purpose of Borstal is to give all-round training for the development of character and capacities - moral, mental, physical and vocational. Home leave is given. The release date of each person is decided by the Home Secretary.

Detention Centres. A person over 14 and under 21 found guilty of offence, punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment, may be sent to a Detention Centre for up to 3 months. Thereafter he will be subject to supervision for 1 year.

Community Homes. These homes are now in course of being set under the Children and Young Persons Act, 1969. They replace Approved Schools and Remand Homes. They are run by the local authorities and are used for children (i.e. those over 10 and under 14) and young persons (i.e. persons over 14 and under 17), for the purposes of remand and for correction where a person has been found guilty of an offence usually of a serious kind.

Attendance Centres. These are for person’s over 10 and under 21, found guilty of breach of probation or of an offence punishable in the case of an adult with imprisonment. The offender will be obliged to do chores, cleaning and scrubbing the centre, redecorating, car maintenance, etc. The maximum sentence is usually 12 hours, and the maximum hours on any one day (usually Saturdays) is 3 hours. Mostly it is of 2 hours’ duration.

Care Orders. These orders are made by a court where a child or young person is in need of care, protection or control, or has committed a criminal offence. The child or young person may be committed by the court to the care of a local authority, who may place him in a community home or a foster home, or he may be made subject to a hospital order or a guardianship order. The general intention under the Children and Young Persons Act, 1969, is to bring care proceedings only in respect of children under 14, and care proceedings or a criminal prosecution in respect of young persons between 14 and 17 years of age. The object is to try to keep children and young persons out of court and to help the parents of deprived or delinquent children by the provision of effective support “through the social and other services”.

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