4. Bail application
I will have a bail application if I’ve been charged with a crime.
A bail hearing should take place within 24 hours of you being charged with a crime. This may mean you’re taken to an adult court rather than a youth court, but there should still be someone there who knows how youth courts work.
Somebody from a Youth Justice Service (YJS) should be there to talk to you about bail and find out about your situation, so they can help the court to make a bail decision.
There are 3 possible outcomes for you at your bail hearing:
- bail
- remand to local authority accommodation
- remand to youth custody accommodation
If you’re remanded, the judge or magistrate will tell you out loud in court what will happen to you, and which local authority is now responsible for you.
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