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