Remand, also known as pre-trial detention, preventive detention, or provisional detention, is the process of detaining a person until their trial after they have been arrested and charged with an offence. A person who is on remand is held in a prison or detention centre or held under house arrest.

What does remanded in prison mean?

If the court decides to put you on remand it means you will go to prison until your hearing at a magistrates' court. ... the police think you may not go to your court hearing. the police think you may commit another crime while on bail. you have been given bail before and not stuck to the terms.

What happens when a person is remanded?

When a person is remanded in custody it means that they will be detained in a prison until a later date when a trial or sentencing hearing will take place. ... They should also have further rights in prison, such as being able to wear their own clothes and having more visits.