tueartsboots said:Licences
1. The aim of the licence period is to reduce the risk to the public, reduce re-offending and
aid resettlement. The probation service manages offenders on licence so as to protect
the public and uses the time to work on criminogenic factors. It also provides an
opportunity for the effective resettlement of offenders (finding and maintaining
employment, training or education opportunities, housing, and sustaining family ties),
which is fundamental to reducing re-offending. If offenders remained in custody until the
end of their sentence and were then released without the opportunity to assess and
manage their risk in the community, it could potentially increase the risk of re-offending
in the medium to long term.
Standard conditions for determinate sentences
2. Licence conditions for standard determinate sentence offenders sentenced under the
Criminal Justice Act 2003 are set out in Statutory Instrument No. 648 of 2005 (The
Criminal Justice (Sentencing) (Licence Conditions) Order 2005). That Order is also used
as guidance for the licence conditions for determinate sentence offenders who are
entitled to be released under the Criminal Justice Act 1991. The Statutory Instrument
prescribes the wording of the standard conditions of the licence and provides a broad
description of a number of broad “requirements” which may be individually adapted in
order to create valid additional conditions. Any additional condition which does not
seek to impose something from the requirements listed in the Statutory
Instrument should not be applied to a licence without seeking advice from the
Post Release Section and, in the case of offenders given a sentence under the
2003 Act can not be legally enforced.
3. All determinate prisoners released on licence are subject to a set of six standard licence
conditions which are set out below.
i) To keep in touch with your supervising officer in accordance with any instructions
that you may be given;
ii) If required, to receive visits from your supervising officer at your home/place of
residence (e.g. approved premises);
iii) Permanently to reside at an address approved by your supervising officer and
notify him or her in advance of any proposed change of address or any proposed
stay (even for one night) away from that approved address;
iv) Undertake only such work (including voluntary work) approved by your
supervising officer and notify him or her in advance of any proposed change;
v) Not to travel outside the United Kingdom unless otherwise directed by your
supervising officer (permission for which will be given in exceptional
circumstances only) or for the purpose of complying with immigration
deportation/removal;
vi) To be well behaved, not to commit any offence and not to do anything which
could undermine the purpose of your supervision, which is to protect the public,
prevent you from re-offending and help you to re-settle successfully into the
community.
Standard conditions for indeterminate sentences including life sentences and sentences
of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP)
4. Life licences are issued under section 28(5) of the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997. Those
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serving an IPP sentence are also released under the 1997 Act as amended by Schedule
18 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
5. All indeterminate sentence offenders are released on a licence that contains seven
standard conditions. Condition 7 relating to good behaviour was added as a standard
condition to all indeterminate licences issued after 16 May 2005. The standard
conditions are set out below.
i) He/She shall place himself/herself under the supervision of whichever
supervising officer is nominated for this purpose from time to time.
ii) He/She shall on release report to the supervising officer so nominated, and shall
keep in touch with that officer in accordance with that officer’s instructions.
iii) He/She shall, if his/her supervising officer so requires, receive visits from that
officer where the licence holder is living.
iv) He/She shall reside only where approved by his/her supervising officer.
v) He/She shall undertake work, including voluntary work, only where approved by
his/her supervising officer and shall inform that officer of any change in or loss of
such employment.
vi) He/She shall not travel outside the United Kingdom without the prior permission
of his/her supervising officer.
vii) He/She shall be well behaved and not do anything which could undermine the
purposes of supervision on licence which are to protect the public, by ensuring
that their safety would not be placed at risk, and to secure his/her successful
reintegration into the community.
And, in the words of the great poster that was Scarblu....................."You made that up."
(Soz TB...been dying to say that for ages). ;-)