voc incarceration

an incarceration / to incarcerate

an imprisonment / to imprison

a sentence / to sentence

a punishment given by a judge in court to a person convicted of a crime

an inmate

a prisoner

an offence

an illegal act

to deter

to prevent or discourage someone from doing sth. by making it difficult for them to do it

to release

to give freedom or free movement to someone or sth

juvenile

relating to a young person who is not yet old enough to be considered an adult

a conviction

when someone is officially found to be guilty of a particular crime

a convict / to convict

someone who is in prison because they are guilty of a crime / to decide officially in a court of law that someone is guilty of crime

torture

causing great physical or mental pain in order to persuade someone to do sth. or to give information

a felony / a felon

a serious crime which can be punished by one or more years in prison

an appeal

a request especially to a court of law to change a previous decision

a policy

a set of ideas or a plan that has been agreed officially by a group of people, a government or political party

a recidivist / recidivism

a criminal who continues to commit crimes even after they have been punished

an MP

a Member of Parliament

employable

qualified and ready to work

GBH

grievous bodily harm (ernstig lichamelijk letsel)

respite

verademing

preoccupied with

enkel gericht op

mandatory

obligatory

a hike

an increase

custody

hechtenis

Dickensian

as in the novels of Charles Dickens (especially with regard to poor social and economic conditions, e.g. Oliver Twist)

literacy

the ability to read and write

vocational skills

beroepsvaardigheden

the parish community council

de parochieraad