Boys perform their community service under the supervision of a probation officer. Photo ANP / Evert Elzinga
The probation service has struggled to meet the increasing demand for advice, community service and supervision in the criminal justice system. The cuts and increasing workload, there are now waiting lists for people who get community service. Sjef van Gennip, head of Probation Netherlands says in newspaper Wedding that “bottom in sight”.
Van Gennip calls the situation “quite alarming.” He fears that the advice given by the probation service to the public prosecutor and judges later may also be given. No more time The probation liaison with the Addiction Rehabilitation Foundation for Mental Health Care (SVG) and the Salvation Army assisting people from their arrest until their release. In addition to advice, these agencies provide supervision and arrange them community service. Rehabilitation Netherlands does about 60 percent of the rehabilitation work.
The quality of service is Van Gennip under pressure. Thus, the number of hours supervision should be reduced and that could have effectively reducing recidivism.
effectsThe pressure on the three probation partners acting in accordance Wedding far, now judges jail being replaced by community service. The number of mediations in a community increases next year is expected to nearly 44,000 cases. The number of advisory and supervisory requests increases.
But in the criminal justice system is properly cut back sharply. The probation last year has handed ten million and that’s where the next few years a few million euros. According to the probation is precisely fifteen million extra needed
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