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youthful offenders

n. under-age people accused of crimes, who are processed through a juvenile court and juvenile detention or prison facilities. In most states a youthful offender is under the age of 18. Often a court has the latitude to try some young defendants as adults, particularly for repeat offenders who appear to be beyond rehabilitation and are involved in major crimes like murder, manslaughter, armed robbery, rape, or aggravated assault. A youthful offender has certain advantages: he/she will be kept in a juvenile prison instead of a penitentiary, is more likely than an adult to get probation, can only receive a maximum prison sentence not to exceed a 25th birthday or some other limitation, and cannot get the death penalty.

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In reply to a question asked by Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's member Sidra Imran, the minister said that technical courses were offered to juvenile offenders confined at Youthful Offenders Industrial School Karachi by prison staff and non-governmental organisation.

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Sindh has five separate prisons for juvenile prisoners called Youthful Offenders Industrial Schools (YOIS).

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With a 20-year history of impacting at-risk youth in schools across the U.S., One Heart One Heart turned its focus to youthful offenders five years ago, beginning in Texas and New York.

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In Punjab, the juvenile specific detention centers have been established in Faisalabad and Bahawalpur and in Sindh Youthful Offenders Industrial School at Karachi, Hyderabad, Larkana and Sindh Reformatory School at Karachi.

Detention centers set-up under Juvenile Justice System Ordinance

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The district attorney's office said the younger suspects were charged as serious youthful offenders, meaning they could be tried in adult court.

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[section]948.30(1) must be imposed on defendants who are sentenced as youthful offenders. The article concludes that those conditions do not need to be imposed because [section]948.30(1) is superseded by the youthful offender statute.

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The 330 adult prisoners were detained at the Malir district prison in Karachi while eight minors were detained at the Youthful Offenders Industrial School in the city.

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Up to 329 prisoners (adults) were released from the Malir district prison in southern Pakistani city Karachi and eight others (minors) were released from the Youthful Offenders Industrial School in Karachi.

Pakistan releases 337 Indian prisoners

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Jail provides an interruption to illegal behavior that provides inmates not only a "time out" but also access to rehabilitation services that reduce the likelihood of repeat offenses, particularly for youthful offenders.