A GOOD LAWYER

Minors are not subject to criminal penalties; instead, security measures are imposed and will be adopted according to the minor’s age, personal, family and social circumstances, and personality, always seeking those most suitable for their education and development.

The measures that may be imposed are the following:

Closed regime detention. Persons subject to this measure will reside in the center and carry out educational, training, work and leisure activities there.

Semi-open regime detention. Persons subject to this measure will reside in the center but may carry out one or more of the educational, training, work and leisure activities established in the individualized execution program outside the center.

Carrying out activities outside the center will be conditioned on the person’s progress and compliance with the objectives set, and the Juvenile Judge may suspend them for a specified period, ordering that all activities be carried out within the center.

Open regime detention. Persons subject to this measure will carry out all activities of the educational project in ordinary community services, residing in the center as their habitual residence, subject to its program and internal regulations.

Therapeutic detention in closed, semi-open or open regime. In centers of this nature, specialized educational care or specific treatment will be provided to persons suffering from mental disorders or alterations, dependency on alcoholic beverages, toxic drugs or psychotropic substances, or perceptual disorders that seriously affect their awareness of reality. This measure may be applied alone or as a complement to another measure provided for in this article. When the individual refuses a detoxification treatment, the Judge must apply another measure appropriate to their circumstances.

Outpatient treatment. Persons subject to this measure must attend the designated center with the frequency required by the professionals treating them and follow the guidelines established for the proper treatment of the mental disorder or alteration, addiction to alcoholic beverages, toxic drugs or psychotropic substances, or perceptual disorders they suffer from. This measure may be applied alone or as a complement to another measure provided for in this article. When the individual refuses a detoxification treatment, the Judge must apply another measure appropriate to their circumstances.

Attendance at a day center. Persons subject to this measure will reside at their habitual home and attend a center, fully integrated into the community, to carry out support, educational, training, work or leisure activities.

Weekend detention. Persons subject to this measure will remain at their home or in a center for a maximum of thirty-six hours between Friday afternoon or evening and Sunday evening, except, where appropriate, for the time they must dedicate to socio-educational tasks assigned by the Judge to be carried out outside the place of stay.

Supervised release. Under this measure, the activity of the person subject to it and their attendance at school, vocational training center or workplace, as appropriate, will be monitored, seeking to help them overcome the factors that led to the committed offense.

Likewise, this measure requires, where appropriate, compliance with the socio-educational guidelines established by the public entity or professional responsible for supervision, in accordance with the intervention program prepared for this purpose and approved by the Juvenile Judge.

The person subject to the measure is also required to attend the interviews established in the program with that professional and, where appropriate, to comply with the rules of conduct imposed by the Judge, which may include one or more of the following:

1st Obligation to attend regularly the corresponding educational center, if the minor is of compulsory school age, and to prove such regular attendance before the Judge or justify any absences whenever required to do so.

2nd Obligation to participate in training, cultural, educational, professional, work-related, sexual education, road safety education or similar programs.

3rd Prohibition from attending certain places, establishments or events.

4th Prohibition from leaving the place of residence without prior judicial authorization.

5th Obligation to reside in a specific place.

6th Obligation to appear personally before the Juvenile Court or designated professional to report and justify the activities carried out.

7th Any other obligations that the Judge, ex officio or at the request of the Public Prosecutor, deems appropriate for the social reintegration of the sentenced minor, provided that they do not violate their dignity as a person. If any of these obligations make it impossible for the minor to continue living with their parents, guardians or custodians, the Public Prosecutor must forward the relevant information to the public child protection entity, and that entity must promote the appropriate protective measures in accordance with Organic Law 1/1996.

Prohibition from approaching or communicating with the victim or with such family members or other persons as determined by the Judge. This measure will prevent the minor from approaching them in any place where they may be, as well as their home, educational center, workplaces and any other places they frequent.

Prohibition from communicating with the victim or with such family members or other persons as determined by the Judge or Court will prevent the minor from establishing any written, verbal or visual contact with them by any means of communication or computer or telematic means. If this measure makes it impossible for the minor to continue living with their parents, guardians or custodians, the Public Prosecutor must forward the relevant information to the public child protection entity, and that entity must promote the appropriate protective measures in accordance with Organic Law 1/1996.

Coexistence with another person, family or educational group. The person subject to this measure must live, for the period established by the Judge, with another person, with a family different from their own or with an educational group, appropriately selected to guide them in their socialization process.

Community service. The person subject to this measure, which may not be imposed without their consent, must carry out unpaid activities of social interest or for the benefit of persons in situations of vulnerability as indicated.

Performance of socio-educational tasks. The person subject to this measure must carry out specific educational activities aimed at facilitating the development of their social competence, without detention or supervised release.

Warning. This measure consists of a formal reprimand by the Juvenile Judge aimed at making the person understand the seriousness of the committed acts and the consequences they have had or could have had, urging them not to commit such acts again in the future.

Revocation of the license to drive mopeds and motor vehicles, or the right to obtain one, or of administrative licenses for hunting or for the use of any type of weapons. This measure may be imposed as an accessory when the offense has been committed using a moped, motor vehicle or weapon, respectively.

Absolute disqualification. The measure of absolute disqualification results in the definitive loss of all honors, public offices and positions held, even if elective, as well as the inability to obtain them or any other public honors, offices or positions, and to be elected to public office, for the duration of the measure.