Custodial Detention > Section 226/228
The National Standards for Youth
Justice Services has guidelines for Section 226/228.
These two sections Criminal Justice Act 2003 may be ordered for
certain specified, usually violent or sexual, offences. The
legislation was initially enacted to make it mandatory for a
court to order one of these public protection sentences for all
such specified offences where the court deemed that person to be
'dangerous'.
- Section 228 - extended sentence for certain violent or sexual offences
For more details go to the Youth Justice Board website


