Supervision Orders are tailored to each person and the conditions are designed to reduce their specific risks of reoffending. For example, if a person’s risk assessment identifies that alcohol consumption contributed to their past offending, a court may impose a condition that prohibits them from consuming alcohol and requires them to wear an electronic monitoring device that tracks alcohol use. Similarly, if a person has a history of committing offences against children, then a court may impose conditions prohibiting the person from remaining in proximity to schools, childcare centres, and public parks. To reduce the risk of reoffending, the conditions may promote the rehabilitation and treatment of the person and may address types of behaviour that increase their risk. 

Supervision Order conditions can relate to: 

  • where the person must live 
  • times the person must be at their residence (curfew) 
  • places or areas that people must not visit or be near (for example, parks, schools, or shopping centres) 
  • whether a person must wear electronic monitoring devices to monitor their location or alcohol consumption 
  • drug or alcohol testing 
  • treatment and rehabilitation programs that a person must attend 
  • prohibited behaviour (for example, accessing the internet) 
  • persons or classes of persons that the person on the order must not have contact with (for example, other people convicted of criminal offences) 
  • prohibited contact with victims or a victim’s family 
  • the need for people to be accompanied when on designated outings in the community.
 

People residing in the community

People on Supervision Orders can reside in a variety of community settings. These could include a residential facility, supported accommodation, or public or private housing. The court may determine where the person is to reside or authorise the Authority to give directions about where they must reside throughout the order. 

Before making any decision a thorough risk assessment of the proposed property or accommodation facility is undertaken. A person’s residence must provide for the level of supervision and management they require and be compatible with the conditions of their order. For example, if a person is prohibited from remaining in proximity to schools or playgrounds, their residence must not be proximate to schools or playgrounds.

 

Electronic monitoring conditions

A court can require a person to wear an electronic monitoring device as a condition of a Supervision Order or an Interim Supervision Order. The Authority operationalises the use of location and alcohol consumption electronic monitoring by issuing a direction to a person and can determine whether to direct the removal of the device (for example, for a medical procedure, or in response to a reduction of risk when an order is to expire).

 

Supporting people on Orders in the community

Community Correctional Services is responsible for the day-to-day case management of people on post sentence orders. Community Correctional Services practitioners frequently meet with people on orders to deliver case management and monitor their behaviour and may assist or encourage them to: 

  • progress toward their treatment and rehabilitation goals 
  • access services to help manage their risks of reoffending 
  • prepare for a safe and structured transition and re-integration back into the broader community 
  • prepare for a safe and structured transition towards less restrictive accommodation through a staged process 
  • manage their day-to-day lives 
  • establish positive support and pro-social networks, including engaging with employment services 
  • connect with community service organisations that assist with everyday tasks such as grocery shopping and banking.

Community Correctional Services prepares regular detailed reports for each person on an Order outlining: 

  • compliance with Supervision Order conditions 
  • engagement and progress in treatment and rehabilitation services 
  • changes in risks of reoffending, and 
  • overall progress toward case management goals. 

The reports also make recommendations about the management of people on Orders, such as whether the individual should transition to a less restrictive accommodation or attend a requested event.

 

Accommodation facilities for people on post sentence orders 

Corella Place

Corella Place is a residential facility that provides accommodation for people who have committed serious sex offences, whose risks cannot be safely managed in the broader community, and who require high levels of supervision in a supported setting. This facility does not accommodate people who have committed serious violence offences.

Rivergum 

Rivergum is a residential treatment facility that delivers intensive treatment and interventions for up to 20 people on Supervision Orders or Interim Supervision Orders who have an intensive treatment and supervision condition on their Order. The aim is to reduce their risk of committing a serious sex and/or serious violence offence. 

 

Victoria Police

Victoria Police and Corrections Victoria work closely in partnership and maintain a specialist team of police officers and specialist staff to support the management of people on post sentence orders. 

Police officers conduct routine checks as a process of monitoring compliance with conditions of a post sentence order. An ongoing risk assessment of all persons on Orders sometimes identifies additional conduct worthy of investigation. Victoria Police work with Corrections Victoria staff to identify concerning behaviour is linked to the potential of reoffending. 

Victoria Police also has several powers under the Act to assist with managing risks of reoffending and maintaining compliance with Supervision Order conditions. 

A police officer may enter and search any premises, to arrest a person on a post sentence order, if the officer reasonably suspects that they are present and that they have contravened the conditions of their Order.

A police officer may enter and search any premises if they reasonably suspect entry is necessary to monitor a person's compliance with their Order or if their behaviour or conduct reveals an increased risk of reoffending or breaching their Order conditions. 

Victoria Police has the power to apprehend and detain a person on a post sentence order for up to 72 hours without charge. It can use this power if there are reasonable grounds to suspect that there is an imminent risk that the person will contravene a condition of their Order.   This power is used as a circuit breaker such that if an intervention did not occur, a contravention of a condition would be likely.