Offender Rehabilitation Act, 2014.

Flynn, Nick

On 1 February 2015 the Offender Rehabilitation Act 2014 (ORA) came into force, meaning an extension of supervision to 45,000 prisoners per year released from short prison sentences of less than twelve months. Any person whose offence was committed on or after 1st February, and who is sentenced to a custodial term of more than one day, will in the future receive at least 12 months of supervision in the community. The Act, passed in March 2014, accompanies the Transforming Rehabilitation programme.

The full details of the legislation can be read here: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/11/contents/enacted

The Announcement of the legislation by the Ministry of Justice can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/post-prison-support-extended-to-45000 offenders

Edited by Dr Nick Flynn and Ross Little, De Montfort University