(in Britain) a sentence of from four to eighteen months' detention passed on a person aged 15 to 21
Examples of 'youth custody' in a sentence
youth custody
He was sentenced to three months' youth custody.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He got three years' youth custody at the city's crown court.
The Sun (2015)
They gave him youth custody and barred him from keeping animals for four years.
The Sun (2010)
He was committed to youth custody to be sentenced next month.
The Sun (2016)
He allegedly wrote the rap while in youth custody two years later.
The Sun (2014)
He will spend at least four years in youth custody.
The Sun (2008)
He was sentenced to 16 months' youth custody suspended for two years.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
Young offenders would serve their sentences in borstal-style secure boarding schools focused on education under youth custody reforms published yesterday.