Curfew Orders provide a punishment for young offenders, but also help them to stay out of trouble (by ensuring that they do not go out late at night, for example). Curfew Orders require a young person to live at a specified address and to stay there for specified periods as directed by the Court.

Curfew Orders can be made as part of a Community Order, especially under the Intensive Supervision and Surveillance Programme,  or they can be attached to the period of a Detention and Training Order which is served in the community. Sometimes a Court will use a ‘standalone’ Curfew Order to punish a young offender. Curfew Orders usually include an “electronic tag”. This is a special bracelet locked around the young person’s ankle, linked to equipment which monitors their location.

In North Yorkshire, this is provided by a company called G4S.

When a court imposes an electronic monitoring requirement, G4S will install equipment at the young person’s address and fit a tag around their ankle. For more information about electronic tags, an information leaflet can be downloaded here

North Yorkshire Youth Justice Service (YJS) works in close partnership with G4S in the monitoring of Curfew Orders and electronic surveillance. Daily reports are received and any breaches result in swift action by the YJS and a return to court for the young person concerned.