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Introduction: In Austria we have one juvenile prison in which the prison guards don\'t wear uniforms and arms. In other prisons, where we have units for juveniles, our prison guards wear uniforms but no weapons. Recently an incident happened in the juvenile prison which led to a discussion if our prison guards (security) should wear uniforms again, in order to have a more \"disciplinary and respected\" effect. Therefor we have a keen interest about the modus operandi in other Member States
No. Normal, casual clothes are the norm, according normality principle.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.No, they do not. This rule applies all prisons.
In Catalonia prison for juveniles (18 years or more) have the same penitentiary law (reglament) than adults. The law has specific articles focusing the conditions of imprisonment of those youngsters between 18 and 21 years old. Correctional officers are civil servants and wear a dress with an identification number on their breast. Juveniles from 14 up to 18 are under the jurisdiction of minors and the deprivation of liberty happens in the so called Educational Centers (open, semi open and closed regimes). In these centers (like in the adults prisons) the security staff (private companies) wear also uniforms but not weapons. There is also an specific law regulating all aspects and conditions of the execution of sentences
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.According to the special regulations for youngsters (between 18 and 21 years old) and for minors (from 14 up to 18 years old) correctional officers couldn't wear arms
Yes. Guard and monitoring functions in Latvian Prison Administration and its establishments (including correctional institutions for juveniles) are carried out by officials. In Section 4 Part 2 of the Prisons Administration Law it is stated that "An official is a person with an appropriate professional education, qualification and special service rank, who have taken the oath and serves in the Administration." According with Section 44 of the Law On the Career Course of Service of Officials with Special Service Ranks Working in Institutions of the System of the Ministry of the Interior and the Prisons Administration, "An official, in fulfilling the duties of service, shall wear a uniform, which is issued thereto for the funds from the State budget."
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.No. Officers in correctional institutions for juveniles do not wear arms while on duty, according with Section 7 of the Prisons Administration Law: "(1) Adult males to whom pre-trial detention is applied as a security measure or who are serving their sentence in closed or semi-closed prisons shall be guarded by officials of prisons armed with a service weapon. (2) Other pre-trial detainees or sentenced persons shall be guarded in prisons by officials of prisons without weapons."
Young people between 15 and 18 will generally not serve their sentence in prison, but in a social institution. They will however be transferred to a prison, when it is impossible to take care of them in a social institution. The Danish Prison Service do not have juvenile prisons as such, but two small sections dedicated prisoners between 15 and 18 - one in a remand prison and one in an open prison. There is no special dress code and prison guards always wear uniform.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.No
The federal government only exploit prisons for adults (not for juvenile). In the prisons, there is a dresscode (specific costume).
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.No, they don't wear arms.
Yes, our prison guards (but not other workers) wear uniforms in juvenile prisons as in every other prison facility in Slovenia.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.Prison guards are not allowed to wear arms during their shift inside the prison except if they accompany a transfer of the prisoner. There is no difference in legal regulation for juvenile prisons concerning arms wear.
In Norway, there are two units for pre-trial inmates and convicted inmates aged 15-18: Ungdomsenhet Øst, which is part of Ullersmo prison, and Ungdomsenhet Vest, which is part of Bjørgvin prison. The two units each have a capacity of 4 inmates. Staff at Ungdomsenhet Øst wears uniforms, staff at Ungdomsenhet Vest does not.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.No prison staff in Norway is armed. All types of execution of sentences are regulated through the Execution of Sentences Act and subsequent regulations.
Juvenile Justice Centre staff do not wear formal uniform. There is no legislative requirement to do so.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.No.
Frontline operational prisoner officers wear standard issue SPS uniform in HM Young Offenders Institutions and HM Prisons.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.SPS staff do not wear "arms" at any time.
There is a regulation that all staff working at Swedish correction facilities, where juvenile prisons off course are included, has to wear uniform.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.They do not wear arms. There is a legal regulation stating that a prisoner who is under the age of 18 years may not be placed so that he or she is together with prisoners aged 18 or over unless this can be considered to be in his or her best interests. Other than that the same regulations are applicable to all inmates regardless of age.
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According to Estonian Imprisonment Act, minors (under 18) are segregated from adult offenders. Young (under 21) prisoners shall be imprisoned in closed or open prisons prescribed exclusively for such purpose (juvenile prisons) or in separate wards of closed prisons (juvenile wards). All underage prisoners who have been convicted or who are being held in custody and all juvenile who have been convicted are held in separate prison sections. Prison service officers are be provided with uniforms. The list of the offices in the prison service with the obligation to wear a uniform, the description of and procedure for the wearing of uniforms and the description of distinguishing marks and procedure for wearing thereof is established by a regulation of the minister of Justice. According to the regulation, prison officer uniforms are identical in each prison, there are no distinctive features for prison officer uniforms in juvenile sections.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.Prison officers wear handcuffs, pepper spray and a telescope truncheon at all times. There are no exeptions for juvenile sections.
Traditionally all juveniles offenders were housed in a centre known as St. Patricks Institution which was controlled by the Irish Prison Service (IPS), prison staff wear a uniform but do not carry weapons. A Government Decision - Ending the Practice of Detaining Children in Adult Prison Facilities and the enactment of the relevant sections of the Children (Amendment) Act 2015 with effect from 28 March 2017 will result in the closure of this facility. All sentenced offenders under the age of 18 will in future be under the care of the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, at Oberstown Children Detention Campus, where staff do not wear a uniform.
Do they wear arms during their shift and is there a legal regulation for juvenile prisons.Irish Prison Service staff are not equipped with Firearms. Prison Staff escorting prisoners are provided with batons and handcuffs, specially trained prison staff responding to an incident are provided with control and restraint equipment.