Intensive Supervision and Surveillance

Intensive Supervision and Surveillance (ISS) is a mixture of punishment and positive activities, available 365 days a year, providing the courts with an alternative to custody. It is designed to:

• ensure that the young person makes amends for their offences
• address the underlying causes of the offending
• put in place support and activities to avoid offending in the future
• manage the risks posed by the young person to the community
• stabilise what is often a very chaotic lifestyle
• involve the young person in the community, particularly through activities that can be continued when supervision by the Youth Offending Service ends
• help the young person lead an independent life, free of offending

Intensive Supervision and Surveillance is available as:

• a condition of bail where the young person is at risk of remand into custody
• a requirement of a Youth Rehabilitation Order
• a condition of a Notice of Supervision on release from custody
• an element of an Intensive Referral Order

Intensive Supervision must always contain the following core elements:

• Education, training or employment
• Restorative justice - making amends for offences
• Offending behaviour
• Family support
• Interpersonal skills