Penitatas court

The Penitatas court is the court of law where convicted are brought to have their cases reviewed at the end of each sentence, additional punishments or modifications made to their sentence or in the light of a penitatas comitting a crime while still undergoing their sentence. This includes attempting to escape custody of their parents.

Review Process
the review process is often a simple one where reports handed in by parents during the year are compared to witness statements from teachers and other children in regards to the pennies behaviour during the cycle. Typically by law review is to determine when you progress to the next stage, with for example;
 * or promoting to ,
 * to
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It is not normal for penitatas at any class to skip a stage except in extreme cases where information has come to light about the original crime that was not submitted during a trial, such evidence usually results in jumping one or more levels with very rare cases resulting in status.

Judicial action
Judicial action is when a Penny has committed some act, such as attempting to escape custody or committing additional crimes after having entered the penitatas system. There he or she is subject to the strictest of sanctions, including potentially
 * immediate reversion to hard-time status (if )
 * additional cycles
 * a near guarantee of a negative end of cycle review
 * Additional penalties or special days
 * closer supervision from their parents
 * a larger number of "just because" spankings
 * and worse of all a Judicial Paddling.

These are justified on account that if someone already serving a Penitatas sentence is to re-offend during their sentence something extreme is needed. It has only appeared once in Lurking Dragons works, though the threat of it was mentioned in another case. Most Penitatas, feel a borderline superstitious fear of the place, and are uncomfortable when called there, even if it is to act as witnesses.

How much discretion the judges have is unknown, especially in cases, where, for whatever reason, the judge wishes to show clemency, also unknown is precisely how a Acquittal would be handled, presumably, they would be given a stiff apology, possibly some minimalistic counselling, if the case had been particularly stressful, then resume their sentence as normal.