Probation and after care service

Admission activities are conducted with the aim of keeping minor offenders, first offenders and children who come in contact with the law or in conflict with the law accustomed to normal life by keeping them in the society for the sake of justice. The Department of Social Services conducts probation and aftercare activities under the Probation of Offenders Ordinance 1980, Special Benefits for Women Convicted in Prisons Act 2006 and Children Act 2013. Probation and aftercare activities are also linked to the activities of the task force set up for the release of children detained in prisons. After care activities are conducted with the aim of reintegrating the concerned people in the society by providing special benefits to the women who have been released from jail or after their release.

What is probation?

Probation means giving an offender the opportunity to adapt to society without suspending his or her due punishment, without being imprisoned or bound to any institution. Correction of offenses committed under the supervision of the Probation Officer and subject to conditions in his family and social environment without leaving the juvenile or any other adult or any other adult in conflict with the law for the first and minor offenses in the probation system. He was given the opportunity to integrate socially.

Probation is an informal and social correctional activity. It is a well-regulated course of action to correct the chaotic and illegal behavior of the offender. Here the offender is assisted to prevent re-offending and to develop as a law-abiding citizen.

Under the Probation of Offenders Ordinance, 1960 (as amended in 1974), a court of competent jurisdiction may grant probation for 1 (one) to 3 (three) years to a child, juvenile or adult involved in a minor offense. However, this legal benefit is preferred for children and adolescents.

Under the Children's Act, 2013, children and adolescents also get the opportunity to enter through the juvenile court.

Under the above two Acts, the Probation Officers of the Department of Social Services are entrusted with the responsibility of assisting the wise judges, making sure that the conditions of the court are being complied with properly and conducting supervision and correction activities.

How to get access?

Granting probation is essentially a discretionary power of the wise court. After the completion of the formalities of the judicial system in the probation system, when a person is about to be found guilty in the eyes of the law or if the person pleads guilty, he can be brought before the court for a chance to enter the wise court.

If the court deems it appropriate that the offender may benefit from its correction and rehabilitation by committing to the terms of the probation order under the law, the probation officer assigned to the court will submit a pre-sentence report to the court investigating the offender's character, pre-lineage, family background and information or circumstances. Requested submission.

If the probation officer in the investigation understands that there is an opportunity for the offender to enter or to make community-based correction, he recommends admission. Otherwise the culprit has to be punished.

The wise court can grant admission on its own initiative by reviewing the case papers and overall condition.

Service Center:

1. Probation Office, Concerned District (located in District Town, Deputy Commissioner's Office / District Social Service Office / District Court Premises)

2. Probation Office, CMM Court, Dhaka

3. Probation Officer (Child Development Centers)

4. Upazila Social Service Office (Additional responsibility of all Upazila Social Service Officers, Probation Officers)

Recipient of service:

1. Probationers convicted of being first and minor offenders or court under the Probation of Offenders Ordinance;

2. According to the Children Act-2013, children who come in contact with the law or children involved in conflict with the law;

3. Women eligible for benefits under the Special Benefits Act-2006 for women convicted in prisons.