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Bail Supervision
Any young person up to the age of 17 who is remanded or committed on bail whilst awaiting trial or sentence should receive support from the Youth Justice Service.
The aims of bail support and supervision are to:
- meet objections to bail;
- prevent offending on bail;
- ensure the appearance of the young person at court to reduce delays in the court process; and
- ensure remands to custody and secure remands are kept to the essential minimum
- Each bail support and supervision scheme must have arrangements in place for effective liaison with the police and courts to ensure that all young offenders detained in police custody for production in court are referred to it. The police and courts are encouraged to co-operate in effective liaison with the bail support and supervision scheme.
Providing appropriate support
The bail support and supervision scheme must establish mechanisms to ensure they are aware of and are able to deal with any young people appearing at youth courts, adult magistrates court
Bail
ASSET should be used to assist in the assessment of the particular needs of the young person, with particular consideration of the following:
- Accommodation needs must be assessed.
- Conditions of bail to be proportionate
Monitoring
There should be an appropriate reporting and data collection mechanism in place.The Youth Justice Manager should endeavour to compile annual data showing the use of bail supervision compared to other bail options and to custodial and secure remands in their area.They must monitor the effectiveness of the service in meeting the aims of the scheme.
Actions
Task | Responsible person | Record | Timescale |
YJS to be advised of any young people have been detained overnight for court | Police/Customs | N/A | As appropriate |
Check whether the young person is known to YJS and to seek information regarding the allegation | Court duty officer | Electronic Records | Immediately |
Interview the young person to conduct a bail ASSET | Court duty officer | Bail ASSET/ Electronic Records | Prior to Court appearance |
Liaise with other agencies, family, accommodation providers as appropriate | Court duty officer | Electronic Records | Immediately |
Verify information gathered | Court duty officer | Electronic Records | Immediately |
Liaise with Prosecution to discuss objections to bail and reasons | Court duty officer | Electronic Records | Immediately |
Identify appropriate programme for bail supervision according to risk and need | Court duty officer | Asset/intervention programme | Immediately |
Seek agreement with Prosecution where possible for supervised bail | Court duty officer | Electronic Records | Immediately |
Parent/guardian/carer to help support conditions of bail | For bail period | ||
YJS to support parent/carer/guardian in enforcing conditions of bail | YJS Officer | For bail period | |
YJS to reinforce conditions of bail to young person for them to keep to them | YJS Officer | For bail period | |
If bail is refused determine most appropriate remand status e.g. into the care of HSSD;Into the care of HSSD in secure accommodation;Remand to Les Nicolles | Court duty officer | ASSET | Immediately |
If secure remand complete appropriate referral forms | Court duty officer | ACCT | Immediately |
If Remand In Custody, complete see separate remand in custody procedure | Court duty officer | ACCT if prison | Immediately |
Provide information to secure facility and liaise with court security | Court duty officer | ASSET | Immediately |