Both the Crown and defence will have an opportunity to cross-examine the author of the report, make corrections, challenge its accuracy, and make other submissions as to sentence. Available Dispositions s. An absolute discharge means no sentence other than the finding of guilt. A conditional discharge provides the same, conditional upon satisfactory completion of probation. Community service orders are administered by a local community service co-ordinator or probation officer and often involve work in community centres for seniors or the environment.
Open custody means removal from the home for a fixed term and placement in a group home setting.
Although there may be no bars on the doors and windows of an open custody placement, rules and staff provide significant limits to one's freedom. Secure custody means jail for young persons with bars and electronic security. Young persons sentenced to open or secure custody do not receive the statutory or earned remission or parole that adults receive. Young persons serve the real time to which they are sentenced. In Ontario, there are no weekend or intermittent sentences for young persons.