Offender Interventions

Interventions are specific requirements that an offender must undertake as part of their sentence. They are set out within the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Click for more information) and are combined to produce a individual order for each offender, resulting in an overall restriction in line with the seriousness of the offence.

The 12 Interventions are :

UNPAID WORK :

Perhaps better known as Community Payback, unpaid work can be used as a creative resource for improving local environments, for building confidence in community sentences and as a pathway into work for the offenders.

162,967 hours were completed in 2011 on unpaid work projects.

Unpaid work enables offenders to make reparation to their local community through undertaking projects designed to create or improve local amenities.  For more information, see our Community Payback page.

Leaflets on Community Payback can be found on the Information page

Click [here] for our Community Payback Annual Report for 2011

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SUPERVISION :

Supervision requires that the offender attends regular appointments with their probation officer, who will undertake work with them to monitor and review patterns of behaviour, deliver counselling, support other intervention work and increase motivation.

ACCREDITED PROGRAMME :

Some offenders are required to attend relevant and suitable accredited programmes. These programmes address behaviour such as general offending, violence, sex offending, drug or alcohol abuse, domestic violence or drink impaired driving.

Leaflets on all provided Programmes can be found on the Information page

DRUG REHABILITATION :

Drug rehabilitation treatment is aimed at reducing or eliminating dependency on drugs. The requirement includes testing and attendance on an accredited programme. A Requirement can last between 6 months and three years.

ALCOHOL TREATMENT :

The alcohol treatment requirement is aimed at reducing or eliminating dependency on alcohol. Combined with a supervision requirement to support and reinforce rehabilitation. A Requirement can last between 6 months and three years.

MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT :

The offender is required to submit to treatment by or under direction of a medical practitioner and/or chartered psychologist. Treatment may be as a resident patient or a care home or hospital. This Requirement is combined with a Supervision requirement to support and reinforce rehabilitation.

RESIDENCE :

The offender must reside at a specified address.  This can be either an Approved Premise (hostel) or designated private address.

SPECIFIED ACTIVITY :

A specified activity requirement could include attendance at a community drug centre, undertaking education and basic skills training or making reparation to victims.

PROHIBITED ACTIVITY :

A prohibited activity requirement requires that the offender refrains from participating in any specified activity or activities. This could include a ban on entering a particular public house or attending a football match.

EXCLUSION :

An exclusion requirement bans the offender from entering a specified place or places for a period of up to two years. This could include exclusion from the area of a victim’s home or workplace or an exclusion from a particular area of town to prevent public order offences.

CURFEW :

A curfew requirement is supported by electronic monitoring in the form of tagging. The offender must remain at a specified address between certain hours of the day or night. Orders last for a maximum of six months, with a curfew of at least two and up to twelve hours per day.  In Derbyshire, G4S provide the curfew monitoring under contract to the Ministry of Justice.  More information on how monitoring works can be found [here]

ATTENDANCE CENTRE :

The attendance centre requirement is specifically for offenders aged between 18 and 24 years, with a maximum of 3 hours per attendance and one attendance per day. This offers a structured opportunity for offenders to address their offending behaviour in a group environment whilst imposing a restriction on leisure time at the weekend.