This study explored youth recidivism and custodial rehabilitation services in Bahir Dar correction center. The study employed qualitative approach and case study design. Data were generated through in-depth interviews and key informant interview. Purposive and snowball sampling were employed to get participants. Accordingly, seven participants from youth recidivists for in-depth interviews and three key informants from inmate handling and counseling departments in the correction were selected. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis method. The study finds out, youth recidivism is caused by four main reasons and these are individual related issues, household difficulties, socioeconomic issues and issues related to correctional services. The individual related issues include age, marital status, educational and skill acquisitions background, alcohol and drug use. Low family income and lack of basic necessities, single parent family structure, parental discipline and supervision, intra family conflicts, death of parents and parental divorce and family breakdown are contributed to the occurrences of youth recidivism at household level. And also, under socioeconomic issues, peer pressure, unemployment and social stigma are reasons for youth recidivism. The finding also explained the provision of unwell equipped skill acquisition training services and low enrollment of recidivists in such services are part of the reason for recidivism in the correction center. Like first time offenders, recidivists received basic services like food, bedding and medical services and they are also receiving general custodial rehabilitation services like educational services, social rehabilitation services, recreational services and skill acquisition services. Moreover, the findings shared challenges, which the correction center faced to provide custodial rehabilitation services. These include; disinterest and disappointing of recidivists to