Borstal School

Borstal Schools are a type of youth detention center and are used exclusively
for the imprisonment of minors or juveniles. The primary objective of Borstal
Schools is to ensure care, welfare and rehabilitation of young offenders in an
environment suitable for children and keep them away from contaminating
atmosphere of the prison. The juveniles in conflict with law detained in Borstal
Schools are provided various vocational training and education with the help
of trained teachers. The emphasis is given on the education, training and
moral influence conducive for their reformation and prevention of crime. [5]
Ten States namely, Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil
Nadu have borstal schools in their respective jurisdictions. Tamil Nadu had
the highest capacity for keeping 667 inmates. Haryana and Himachal
Pradesh are the only states that have the capacity to lodge female inmates in
3 of their Borstal Schools. There are no borstal schools in any of the Uts. [3]

Borstal Schools

21

2,218

In India, borstal schools are used for the

imprisonment of . As of 31 December 2011, there were 21
functioning borstal schools in India, with a combined total capacity for 2,218
inmates

kerala

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This is the institution meant for housing adolescent offenders between
the age of 18 21. Borstal School is situated at Thrikkakkara,
Ernakulam. It did not function from 2002 to 2012. Now restarted on
06-06-2012.
As of 09-07-2012, there are 12 offenders and 31 accused as inmates
are staying there. Since the women's cell of District Jail, Ernakulam is
added to the Borstal School around 12 women inmates are also
staying there.

youth detention centre

over view
Once processed in the juvenile court system there are many different
pathways for juveniles. Whereas some juveniles are released directly back
into the community to undergo community-based rehabilitative programs,
some juveniles may pose a greater threat to society and to themselves and
therefore are in need of a stay in a supervised juvenile detention center. [3] If a
juvenile is sent by the courts to a juvenile detention center there are two types
of facilities: secure detention and secure confinement. [3]
Secure detention means that juveniles are held for usually short periods of
time in facilities in order to await current trial hearings and further placement
decisions.[3] By holding juveniles in secure detention, it ensures appearance
in court while also keeping the community safe and risk-free of the juvenile. [3]
This type of facility is usually called a "juvenile hall," which is a holding center
for juvenile delinquents.[1] On the other hand, secure confinement implies that
the juvenile has been committed by the court into the custody of a secure
juvenile correctional facility for the duration of a specific program, which can
span from a few months to many years.[3]
Juvenile detention is not intended to be punitive. Rather, juveniles held in
secure custody usually receive care consistent with the doctrine of parens
patriae, i.e., the state as parent. The state or local jurisdiction is usually
responsible for providing education, recreation, health, assessment,
counseling and other intervention services with the intent of maintaining a

youth's well-being during his or her stay in custody. [4]

Generally speaking, secure detention is reserved for juveniles considered to
be a threat to public safety or the court process, though in many cases,
youths are held for violating a court order. Status offenders, i.e., juveniles
charged with running away from home, alcohol possession, and other
offenses that are not crimes if committed by adults, may only be held for 24
hours or less.[5] While initial case investigation is completed and other
alternatives are arranged.[citation needed]
Within the categories of secure detention and secure confinement for
juveniles, the overarching name of these facilities is residential programs and
there are five overarching types of residential programs where a juvenile may
be placed while in court custody.[6] The Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention found the five types of residential programs for
juveniles to be a broad range, which included detention, corrections, camp,
community based, and residential treatment. [6] The reason for the wide
variety in placement options of juveniles is that there does not currently exist
a uniform definition of residential treatment programs. [6] As a result, this
creates a lack of uniformity across states and a large variety of names for
secure detention and secure confinement centers for juveniles. [6]

40% of juvenile delinquents in homes

worse than jails: SC
Chetan Chauhan, Hindustan Times, New Delhi| Updated: May 02, 2015 00:53
IST

Nearly 40% of juvenile delinquents in India live in

conditions like or even worse than adult prisons,
according to a scathing judicial report that studied the
state of children homes across the country.
Criminal suspects or convicts below the age of 18,

classified as children in the eye of the law, are given a

chance to reform themselves. The countrys juvenile justice
act mandates they be kept in special homes, and not adult
prisons, where they will be able to go through a
rehabilitation process.
A Supreme Court committee headed by judge Madan B
Lokur said nearly 40% of the children in government-run
homes live in deplorable conditions for which no one is
being held accountable.
Not enough resources are being provided to run these
homes in a child-friendly manner. Many of the homes are
like or worse than prison for adults, the report said.
These are not stray incidents happening only in one place,
but in several places across the country, despite which
there is no discussion, transfers, suspensions, inquiry
commissions, judicial commissions, etc, justice Lokur said
in the report, submitted to the apex court last week.
National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) figures show that
around 33,887 children below the age of 18 were booked in
2012. The figure has risen by about 142% between 2002
and 2012, the NCRB stated.
The government is in the process of bringing about a
change in the juvenile justice act that treats children
between 16 and 18 as adults in the cases of grave crimes
such as murder and rape.
Justice Lokurs report blamed the state governments for the
deplorable conditions. The states have failed in their
statutory duty towards children staying in public funded
child care homes, it said.
As remedial measures, the committee has recommended
creation of a national Indian Child Protection and Welfare
Service, identification of risk families by district child
protection units, identification of children requiring care
and protection and mandatory uploading of missing
children on the government website.