Aligned with guardianship or detention (9)

I believe the answer is:

custodial

(Other definitions for custodial that I've seen before include "Involving protective care" , "Like sentence" , "Pertaining to protective care" , "concerning imprisonment" , "This sentence is to prison" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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