Youth Authority

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
YA
Pronunciation
/juθ əˈθɔrəti/
Category
Community
Related Field
Youth

Examples in Context

  1. And are now in California Youth Authority(YA) prisons.
  2. A felony is the most serious offense, punishable by a sentence to a state institution ( Youth Authority(YA) facility or adult prison ).
  3. They represented the anger and bitterness of youth struggling for freedom against authority, and for this reason they were regarded by some people as the personification of the permissive society.
  4. Youth in the prevention and containment of the process of implementation of these acts, the government and judicial organs at all levels of public authority such as response measures taken did not achieve good results, the aforementioned trend in the new century still further.

Other meanings of YA