White paper on crime 2018 Part3/Chapter2/Section4/2

2 Treatments provided in juvenile training schools

(1) Types of juvenile training schools and correctional education curriculum

Juvenile training schools fall into the following four classes and each juvenile training school accommodates, according to the designated class, the following persons categorized based on age, level of criminal tendency, mental and/or physical condition, etc.:

• (i) Class 1Persons who are subject to execution of protective measures and not having a serious physical or mental disorder and who are at or older than about 12 years and younger than 23 years old (excluding those categorized as (ii));
• (ii) Class 2Persons who are subject to execution of protective measures and whose criminal tendency is more serious, while not having a serious physical and mental disorder, and who are at or older than about 16 years and younger than 23 years old;
• (iii) Class 3Persons who are subject to execution of protective measures and having a serious physical or mental disorder and who are at or older than about 12 years and younger than 26 years old; and
• (iv) Class 4Persons who are subject to execution of sentence at juvenile training schools.

Correctional education curriculum is designated for each juvenile training school to conduct correctional education in a systematical and organizational way. Correctional education curriculum refers to focused contents and standard periods of correctional education provided for inmates, which is determined according to types of inmates who fall under certain common characteristics in light of age, condition of mental and physical disorder and degree of criminal tendencies of inmates, necessary ability for adapting themselves to live in society and other circumstances.

(2) Correctional education

The centerpiece of treatment in juvenile training schools is correctional education. Inmates are provided with five fields of guidance: lifestyle guidance, vocational guidance, guidance in school courses, physical guidance and special activities guidance.