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Table 3
Initial entry of youth into correctional services by legal hold status, eight jurisdictions, 2013/2014

Table 3
Initial entry of youth into correctional services by legal hold status, eight jurisdictions, 2013/2014
Table summary
This table displays the results of Initial entry of youth into correctional services by legal hold status number and percent change from 2012/2013 to 2013/2014 (appearing as column headers).
	number	percent change from 2012/2013 to 2013/2014	percent change from 2009/2010 to 2013/2014
Total correctional services^Note 1	6,530	-22	-49
Pre-trial detention^Note 2	1,738	-28	-54
Total sentenced custody	104	-17	-19
Secure custody & supervision ^Note 3	44	-4	-24
Open custody & supervision ^Note 4	60	-25	-15
Total community supervision	4,688	-20	-47
Supervised probation	3,334	-22	-50
Deferred custody & supervision ^Note 5	75	-27	-53
Intensive support and supervision ^Note 6	17	31	-35
Other community	1,262	-16	-40
Note 1. Excludes Nova Scotia, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta due to missing data. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. Pre-trial detention is to hold a young person temporarily in custody, while awaiting trial or sentencing. It is equivalent to remand for adults. Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. A facility is considered secure when youth are detained by security devices, including those which operate with full perimeter security features and/or where youths are under constant observation. The extent to which facilities are "secure" varies across jurisdictions. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. A facility is considered "open" when there is minimal use of security devices or perimeter security (i.e. community residential centre, group home, childcare institution, forest or wilderness camp, or any like place or facility). The extent to which facilities are "open" varies across jurisdictions. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. A deferred custody and supervision order allows a young person who would otherwise be sentenced to custody to serve the sentence in the community under a number of conditions. Similar to the conditional sentence of imprisonment for adults, violation of conditions may result in the young person being sent to custody. Return to note 5 referrer Note 6. A sentencing option as an alternative to custody. Similar to probation, an intensive support and supervision order is served in the community under conditions, but provides closer monitoring and support than a probation order to assist the young person in changing his or her behaviour. This is an "opt-in" sanction under the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA), meaning that provinces and territories may choose not to implement this option, taking into consideration available resources. Return to note 6 referrer Note: Initial entry represents the first point at which a youth commences uninterrupted supervision within the youth corrections system. Each person is counted only once during their period of involvement with correctional services, regardless of subsequent changes in legal status. Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Youth Custody and Community Services survey and Integrated Correctional Services Survey.

Date modified:: 2015-11-30