ABSTRACT
Under s. 1, the Youth or Crown Court may make a secure training order against a young offender whether male or female where the offender is not less than 12 years of age but under 15 years (in other words, 12-to-14 year-olds inclusive). He must be convicted of an imprisonable offence committed when he was not less than 12 years, and must have been convicted of at least three imprisonable offences, and has been in breach of a supervision order, either on this, or a previous, occasion, or has been convicted of an imprisonable offence committed whilst under a supervision order. If the court is satisfied that these conditions have been met, then it must openly state its opinion prior to imposing a secure training order.
