Youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance (YRO with ISS)

  • The offence must be imprisonable and the court of the opinion that the offence is so serious that a custodial sentence would be appropriate i.e. where a sentence of at least 4 months could be imposed.
  • In addition, where the youth is under 15 years at the time of conviction, the court must be satisfied that they are a persistent offender.
  • A YRO with ISS cannot be imposed for less than 6 months and may extend up to a maximum of 3 years. However, different requirements attached to the order may be made for different periods as specified in the order.
  • Any activity must be for more than 90 days and no more than 180 days.

The offence(s) of ………… is/are so serious that a custodial sentence could have been imposed. However, we are making a youth rehabilitation order with intensive supervision and surveillance.

This will last for ………… months and will expire on ………… You will have to do the following:

1. Extended activity – You must carry out ………… days of [residential] activity as instructed by your Youth Justice Services officer. This must be completed by ………… [insert date].

2. Curfew – You must remain at the address given between the hours of ………… on the following days ………… An electronic tag will be fitted by the monitoring company at your address during curfew hours. The order will last for ………… months/weeks/days until ………… [insert date]. You must not interfere with the tag or the base unit.

3. Supervision – You will be under the supervision of a Youth Justice Services officer until ………… [insert date] and must follow all instructions given to you and keep all of your appointments.

[Insert any additional requirement wording as appropriate.]

If you break any of the requirements, or commit another offence while on your order, you may be brought back to court and you could be dealt with in some other way. You must notify your Youth Justice Services officer and the court if you change your address.

If you cannot attend appointments through illness, your Youth Justice Services officer will need to see a medical certificate. If you do not provide this, you will break the rules of this order and may be brought back to court.

You or your officer may ask the court to look at this order again if your circumstances change.

We make the order having considered all of the following:

[Using your sentencing form, give your reasons including:

  • The aggravating or mitigating circumstances that determine the level of culpability and degree of harm caused (offence).
  • Child or young person’s personal mitigation (offender).
  • Reasons for a treatment requirement (consent required).]

[If applicable.] We have reduced your sentence because you pleaded guilty. If you had not, it would have been …………

You must also pay a surcharge of £………… This money is used to fund victim services.

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