Juvenile Justice Lingo Juvenile courts tend to have their own jargon, in part to portray a gentler image than adult criminal courts. The juvenile court counterpart to a guilty plea. A locked facility for juvenile offenders. Camps often house minors who will be locked up for many weeks or months, while juvenile halls tend to be temporary holding facilities. States may have various types of camps differing in degrees of security, rigidity and facilities.
Many camps have school facilities.
A branch of the juvenile court that hears cases involving minors who have allegedly been neglected or abused by parents or guardians. An order that a minor be placed in custody. A sentencing hearing. A minor, in most states a person under the age of 18. A judicial officer, usually a lawyer appointed by a court's presiding judge, who performs many of a judge's functions but who has not been formally elected or appointed as a judge.