The department is responsible for ensuring that CS orders are issued by all courts across the country.
The most common offences registered under Community Service were rogue and vagabond, theft, assault, criminal trespass, possession of opium and awking without trading permit
Increasing stakeholder capacity and general awareness about community service remains fundamental.
The activities carried out in the reporting period under capacity building include staff training, training of peer support persons, sensitization of Judicial Officers, Offered Line Support to Police/Prison Warder/Court Clerks, Supervisors and Volunteers , sensitization of inmates both in prisons and police stations.
Compliance and monitoring have been integral to the performance of community service. The key activities undertaken during the period under review include, support to DSCs, routine monitoring re-arrests and networking.
The reintegration and rehabilitation aspect continued to take a central role in offender management with focus on offender skilling, counseling, home visits, reconciliatory meetings, victim support and greater involvement of ex-offenders through peer support.
Counseling precedes offender placement and continues throughout and after the sentence. It is offered by the Community Service Staff, Volunteers and Peer
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