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<p>Owing to changes in case management systems, information is available for the last
three years only: it relates to the total number of nights spent (not children) in
custody by young people under 18 and is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number
of nights spent by young people under 18 in custody</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3,192</p></td><td><p>2,730</p></td><td><p>2,347</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>
</p><p>These figures include all nights spent in custody by children and young people
under 18 who have been sentenced or remanded by the courts and have subsequently been
released to the community: have transitioned to the over 18 secure estate, have transferred
to a Mental Health Unit; or have turned 18 years old. They do not include time spent
in police custody. A child or young person is counted more than once if he or she
had more than one custodial episode which ended within the year.</p><p> </p><p>These
figures have been drawn from administrative IT systems, which, as with any large-scale
recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing and
can be subject to change over time.</p>
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