Intensive supervision is a rehabilitative community-based sentence managed by Community Probation & Psychological Services (CPPS). Intensive supervision requires offenders to address the causes of their offending with intensive oversight from a probation officer. Offenders can be sentenced to intensive supervision for between six months and two years.
Only a sentencing judge can impose intensive supervision. They may take into account a pre-sentence report and recommendation from a probation officer who has assessed the person’s offending needs and what sentence and programmes are likely to be most suitable.
Offenders will have standard and special conditions imposed under intensive supervision. Offenders report to a probation officer who will explain the requirements and conditions of the sentence, including how often they have to report.
Standard conditions include:
Special conditions include:
Intensive supervision targets offenders who have been convicted of more serious offences and who have complex and/or severe rehabilitative needs. They are assessed as medium to high risk of re-offending.