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<p>The sentencing framework gives courts the flexibility to select community order
requirements which are a robust alternative to custody, and are tailored to address
the specific issues that contribute to reoffending.</p><p> </p><p>Probation services
are vital to the effective delivery of community sentences. In July we published the
consultation <em>Strengthening Probation, Building Confidence </em>setting out the
Government’s vision for improving probation including proposals to promote meaningful
unpaid work schemes which both make reparation to communities and equip offenders
with employment-related skills and experience. The action we propose to take will
ensure that courts and the public can be confident that offenders sentenced to community
and suspended sentence orders will be properly supervised, receive the rehabilitative
support they need and that appropriate action is taken if offenders fail to comply
with requirements.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to actively explore many other options
to improve non-custodial sentences, including better electronic tagging.</p><p> </p>
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