Justice committee  Yes, that's correct.

Justice committee  If it's a youth sentence, which the vast majority are, that's a sentence of 10 years at age 15. It's already clear in the YCJA that for a youth sentence, they can only serve it in a youth custody facility. The rule is generally that the young person would stay there until the age

Justice committee  It is possible under the current YCJA, but only in very limited circumstances. If a young person has received an adult sentence, and the judge, in determining placement.... There's a presumption against putting someone under 18 into an adult facility, but the possibility is there

Justice committee  We don't have a specific study on that, but we do know that very few young people get adult sentences, and by the time they're sentenced, they're usually 18 or over. Because the presumption in the legislation says that they shouldn't be sentenced or placed in an adult facility, w

Justice committee  No, we can't say that. It can happen and it has happened, but it's very, very rare. We don't know the exact numbers, however.

Justice committee  We had statistics from before the YCJA came into effect. In that case, even before the presumption against doing this, there were, at most, five a year. The law against that has been strengthened, and now that presumption, under the bill, will become a prohibition.

Justice committee  The provision in the amendment refers only to young people with adult sentences. Currently most youth get youth sentences, and the rule is that if they're under 18, they must serve that in a youth custody facility. We're only speaking about the possibility of those who get an adu

Justice committee  Yes, definitely.

Justice committee  That's right. This section—

Justice committee  In the current provisions on pretrial detention, they could only be kept separate and apart from adults, and only if a judge looks at that particular case and considers whether it would be in the young person's best interest. An example would be whether it would be in the young p