What we do

The Post Sentence Authority (the Authority) is an independent statutory body that is responsible for monitoring and reviewing the compliance, behaviour, risk, and progress of people who are subject to supervision orders and detention orders under the Serious Offenders Act 2018 (Vic) (External link)(the Act). The Authority reviews the delivery of coordinated services to people on orders to ensure they receive appropriate services to address their risk and support their rehabilitation.

The Act enhances the protection of the community by allowing a court to impose supervision orders or detention orders for people convicted of serious sex and serious violence offences who have completed their prison sentence and pose an unacceptable risk to the community.

The primary purpose of the post sentence scheme is to protect the Victorian community from people who pose an unacceptable risk of committing further serious offences. The secondary purpose is to facilitate the treatment and rehabilitation of people, with the aim of reducing their risks so that they no longer need to be subject to a post sentence order.

Consistent with and related to its statutory functions, the Authority provides independent and rigorous oversight of: 

• monitoring people’s compliance with their post sentence orders, issuing formal instructions and making formal directions relating to the operation of order conditions 
• reviewing the progress of rehabilitation and treatment of people on post sentence orders with the aim that their risks of reoffending can be managed and reduced to a level that means the person is no longer subject to the order
• promoting accountability and monitoring the performance of the Multi-Agency Panel comprising executives from the Department of Justice and Community Safety (DJCS), the Department of Health, the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing and Victoria Police by reviewing the delivery of Coordinated Services Plans.