3 Discharged juveniles
(1) Status and course of discharged juveniles
In 2011, 3,625 juveniles were discharged from juvenile training schools, of whom 3,601 (99.3%) were discharged on parole. The average term at a juvenile training school of the juveniles discharged on parole in 2011 was 394 days for those in long-term treatment program, 151 days for those in general short-term treatment program, and 81 days for those in special short-term treatment program (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Correction).
With regard to the subsequent course of the discharged juveniles, 24.7% found employment, 3.8% returned to junior high school, 3.5% returned to senior high school, 49.2% were planning to be employed, 14.7% were planning to proceed to higher education, and 2.5% had no concrete plan (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Correction).
(2) Places to return to
Fig. 3-2-4-11 shows the percent distribution of juveniles discharged from juvenile training schools by guarantor at the time of discharge and gender in 2011. The percentage of those whose guarantors were their biological fathers and mothers was 23.5% (23.7% for males and 21.4% for females), a rise of 0.7 points from the previous year (Source: Annual Report of Statistics on Correction).
Fig. 3-2-4-11 Percent distribution of juveniles discharged from juvenile training schools by guarantor at the time of discharge and gender (2011)
