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Youth Residential Centre Order

A Youth Residential Centre Order is a period of detention in a Youth Residential Centre. A Youth Residential Centre Order can only be given to offenders who are aged between 10 and less than 15 years when sentenced.

The maximum period a young person can be detained for a single offence is:

• one year if sentenced in the Children’s Court
• two years if sentenced in the Magistrates’ Court
• three years if sentenced in the County or Supreme Court.

The period of detention must not be more than the period of imprisonment that would be given to an adult who committed the same crime.

The law relating to youth residential centres is contained in:

• sections 410-411 of the Children, Youth and Families Act 2005
• sections 32 -35 of the Sentencing Act 1991.