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3 Re-admission, etc. of juveniles discharged from juvenile training schools Table 7-2-5-4 shows the status of re-admission (refers to re-admission through a decision to commit them to a juvenile training school; hereinafter the same in this subsection) or admission to a penal institution (refers to admission as a first-time inmate; hereinafter the same in this subsection) among juveniles discharged from juvenile training schools between 1999 and 2008.The percentage of those who had been re-admitted within five years, inclusive of the year of discharge, was 16.0 to 17.4% (16.8 to 18.1% of males, 6.7 to 10.5% of females), while the percentage of those who had been admitted to a penal institution within five years, inclusive of the year of discharge (the year of the last discharge for anyone admitted multiple times), was 8.7 to 9.6% (9.3 to 10.7% of males, 1.5 to 3.2% of females) (Source: The Judicial System Department, Minister’s Secretariat, Ministry of Justice). Table 7-2-5-4 Re-admission of juveniles discharged from juvenile training schools (1999–2008)
The proportion of those who had a relationship with a Boryokudan or local delinquent group, those whose guardian was not both their biological father and mother, and those unemployed was high among juveniles re-admitted when compared to juveniles admitted for the first time. Fig. 7-2-5-5 Characteristics of juveniles newly admitted to juvenile training schools (first-time admission/readmission) (2008)
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