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Minors are not sentenced to criminal penalties; instead, security measures are imposed according to age, personal, family and social circumstances of the minor, and their personality, always seeking those most beneficial for their education and development.

The measures that may be imposed are as follows:

Detention under closed regime. Persons subject to this measure will reside in the center and carry out within it the same educational, training, work and leisure activities.

Detention under semi-open regime. Persons subject to this measure will reside in the center, but may carry out outside it some of the educational, training, work and leisure activities established in the individualized execution program of the measure.

The carrying out of activities outside the center will be conditioned by the person’s progress and compliance with the established objectives, and the Juvenile Court Judge may suspend them for a determined period, ordering that all activities be carried out within the center.

Detention under open regime. Persons subject to this measure will carry out all activities of the educational project in normal community services, residing in the center as their habitual residence, subject to the program and internal regime of the same.

Therapeutic detention under closed, semi-open or open regime. In centers of this nature, specialized educational attention or specific treatment will be provided to persons suffering from anomalies or psychological alterations, a state of alcohol dependency, toxic drugs or psychotropic substances, or alterations in perception that determine a serious alteration of awareness of reality. This measure may be applied alone or as a complement to another measure provided for in this article. If the interested party rejects 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 psychological anomaly or alteration, addiction to alcoholic beverages, toxic drugs or psychotropic substances, or perceptual alterations suffered. This measure may be applied alone or as a complement to another measure provided for in this article. If the interested party rejects 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 home and attend a center fully integrated into the community to carry out support, educational, training, work or leisure activities.

Weekend stay. 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 night and Sunday night, except for the time that must be dedicated to socio-educational tasks assigned by the Juvenile Court Judge that must be carried out outside the place of stay.

Supervised freedom. Under this measure, the activity of the person subject to it and their attendance at school, vocational training center or workplace, depending on the case, will be monitored, seeking to help them overcome the factors that determined the committed offense.

Likewise, this measure obliges the person, where applicable, to follow the socio-educational guidelines indicated by the public entity or professional responsible for their supervision, according to the intervention program prepared for this purpose and approved by the Juvenile Court Judge.

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

• 1st Obligation to attend the corresponding educational center regularly, if the minor is of compulsory school age, and to prove to the Judge such regular attendance or justify, where appropriate, absences, as many times as required.

• 2nd Obligation to participate in educational, cultural, vocational, work, sexual education, road safety education or other formative programs.

• 3rd Prohibition from attending certain places, establishments or shows.

• 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 on activities carried out and justify them.

• 7th Any other obligations that the Judge, ex officio or at the request of the Public Prosecutor’s Office, considers appropriate for the social reintegration of the sentenced person, provided they do not violate their dignity as a person. If any of these obligations imply the impossibility of the minor continuing to live with their parents, guardians or custodians, the Public Prosecutor’s Office must report the particulars to the public child protection entity, which must promote appropriate protection measures according to the circumstances, in accordance with Organic Law 1/1996.

The prohibition from approaching or communicating with the victim or with their family members or other persons 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 or any other place frequented by them.

The prohibition from communicating with the victim, or with their family members or other persons determined by the Judge or Court, will prevent the minor from establishing contact with them through any means of communication or computer, telematic, written, verbal or visual means. If this measure implies the impossibility of the minor continuing to live with their parents, guardians or custodians, the Public Prosecutor’s Office must report the particulars to the public child protection entity, which must promote appropriate protection measures according to the circumstances, 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 indicated to them, of social interest or for the benefit of persons in precarious situations.

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

Warning. This measure consists of the reprimand of the person carried out by the Juvenile Court Judge and directed at making them understand the seriousness of the committed acts and the consequences that they have had or may have, urging them not to commit such acts again in the future.

Deprivation of the right to drive mopeds and motor vehicles, or of the right to obtain it, 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 or misdemeanor was committed using a moped or motor vehicle or a weapon, respectively.

Absolute disqualification. The measure of absolute disqualification produces the definitive deprivation of all honors, employment and public office to which it applies, even if elective; as well as the inability to obtain the same or any other honors, public offices or positions, and to be elected for public office during the duration of the measure.