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Juvenile/Youth Detention Centres

Facilities that provide for the detention of minors who have been arrested for violating a federal or provincial law or a municipal or local ordinance pending a court hearing or release; and/or which provide for the confinement, treatment, employment, training and discipline of juveniles convicted of a criminal offence and sentenced by Youth or Juvenile Court to serve a period of time in a juvenile detention facility.

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