offender

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Under Thai law, offenders sentenced to three months or less may serve their term in a detention centre instead of prison.

From Barron's

The legislation still needs to pass parliament, but Rosersberg is one of eight prisons preparing to house young offenders starting July 1.

From Barron's

But he queried whether authorities would ordinarily have a duty to keep victims and their families informed if an offender "misbehaved in prison".

From BBC

Both crimes peaked in mid-2023 in Washington, D.C., where authorities said the offenders were often juveniles, and they have since become far less common, along with other types of crime.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Friday, at Lincoln Crown Court, she was sentenced to 14 months in a young offender institution and banned from driving for three years.

From BBC