สรุป
The Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 reformed the supervision of offenders released from custody in England and Wales. Its central change was to extend statutory post-release supervision to offenders sentenced to short custodial terms of under twelve months, who had previously been released with no licence or supervision at all — the group with the highest reoffending rates. Every such offender now serves a period of supervision in the community after release, with rehabilitation activity requirements aimed at resettlement ('through-the-gate' support). The Act formed part of the Government's 'Transforming Rehabilitation' programme, which also restructured probation by creating Community Rehabilitation Companies — a model since reversed, with probation re-unified under a single public-sector Probation Service.
ประเด็นสำคัญ
- Supervision for short-sentence prisoners
- Rehabilitation activity requirements
- Reform of licence conditions
- Through-the-gate resettlement services