What happens after I leave youth custody?
Whether you stay in custody as part of your sentence or on remand, there should be a plan in place for your release to support you for life after custody.
This is called resettlement or transitioning.
Resettlement planning should begin as soon as you enter custody and will involve lots of people, including:
- you
- your family
- your Youth Justice Service (YJS) case manager
- your social worker
- your personal advisor
- a resettlement worker based in custody (although they may be called something different)
If you’ve been sentenced to custody, you will usually spend some of your sentence on supervision or licence in the community. This means you will have to follow certain rules like living at a certain address and staying in contact with your YJS case manager.
You could go back to custody if you break the rules of your supervision or licence.
The resettlement standards in this section explain how you should be treated when you leave custody.
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