Young offender institution

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Young offender institutions (YOI; more formally His Majesty's Young Offender Institutions or HMYOI; Welsh: Sefydliad Troseddwyr Ifanc Ei Fawrhydi) are youth detention centres for offenders between ages 15 to under 21 in Great Britain. These offenders will have received a custodial sentence following criminal offence convictions or may be being held on remand awaiting trial on pending charges. A young offender institution can accommodate between 60 and 400 young people, with each age group housed in its own wing of between 30 and 60 inmates. Most young offender institutions are run by the national prison service while some are run by private companies on behalf of the prison service.

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