3 Discharged juveniles
(1) Status and course of discharged juveniles
In 2010, 3,912 juveniles were discharged from juvenile training schools, of whom 3,883 (99.3%) were discharged on parole. The average term at a juvenile training school of the juveniles discharged on parole in 2010 was 399 days for those in long-term treatment programs, 153 days for those in general short-term treatment programs, and 79 days for those in special short-term treatment programs (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Correction).
With regard to the subsequent course of the discharged juveniles, 25.6% found employment, 3.6% returned to senior high school, 3.3% returned to junior high school, 48.1% were planning employment, 15.3% were planning to return to school, and 2.7% had no concrete plan (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Correction).
(2) Places to return to
Fig. 3-1-4-11 shows the percent distribution of juveniles discharged from juvenile training schools by guarantor after discharge and gender in 2010. The percentage of those whose guarantors were their biological fathers and mothers was 22.8% (22.7% for males and 23.5% for females), a decline of 3.7 points from the previous year (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Correction).
Fig. 3-1-4-11 Percent distribution of juveniles discharged from juvenile training schools by guarantor after discharge and gender (2010)
