| Youth Court Act (Jugendgerichtsgesetz) | Juvenile detention is ordered by youth courts against juveniles aged from 14 to 17 years (Jugendliche) or adolescents aged from 18 to 20 years (Heranwachsende) if, as a result of the harmful inclinations demonstrated by the juvenile during the act, supervisory measures or disciplinary measures are not sufficient for the purposes of supervision or if such a penalty is necessary given the seriousness of the juvenile’s guilt. Juvenile detention or youth penalty (Jugendstrafe) is organised in special juvenile detention facilities juvenile detention or youth penalty (Jugendstrafe) is organised in special juvenile detention facilities (Jugendstrafanstalten, Jugendanstalten or simply Justizvollzugsanstalten). However, in
particular female juvenile offenders are usually accommodated in special departments of women prisons due to their small number. |