Management of community service orders

Under this Key Result Area, the Directorate is responsible for ensuring that Community Service orders are issued by all courts across the country through conducting a number of activities which include the following; Sensitisation of offenders and identify eligible ones for Community service Order, Preparing Social Inquiry Reports, Supervising offenders serving Community Service orders and give feedback to sentencing Courts. The Social inquiry reports are put in the file of offender before it is forwarded to the State Prosecutor for sanctioning.

The most common offences registered under Community Service are rogue and vagabond, theft, assault, criminal trespass, possession of opium among others.