The Secretary of State may from time to time direct that an offender sentenced to custody for life is to be detained in a prison instead of a young offender institution.
Section 276: Custody for life: place of detention
Sentencing Act 2020 · 2020 c. 17View on legislation.gov.uk
Part 10: Custodial sentences — CHAPTER 3: Adults aged under 21
About this text
This legislation text comes from legislation.gov.uk. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These source and reuse terms cover the legislation text, not Remedy's commentary.
Reuse reviewed 21 August 2026 under Open Government Licence v3.0.