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Information about detention centres for young offenders.

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Young people in custody

People under 18 who are sentenced to custody aren’t sent to adult prisons, but to secure centres for young people. Includes information about what custody is like for young people, and the advice and support available to them.

https://www.gov.uk/young-people-in-custody/what-custody-is-like-for-young-people
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Young people in custody

Links to information about secure centres for young people including what happens when you first arrive, what you spend your time doing, how to organise visiting someone in a secure centre and where to get help.
https://www.gov.uk/young-people-in-custody/overview
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Young offenders

Young people are offenders under the age of 18, or in some cases aged 18 but remaining in the under 18 estate. Provides information on places where young people may be detained and on the National Offender Management Service (NOMS), which looks after young people in custody.

https://www.justice.gov.uk/offenders/types-of-offender/juveniles
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