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Community Service
The Judge of Prosecutor can impose a community
service sentence
By performing a community service an
offender can pay back to society
There are two kinds of
community services:
Working in group projects, whereby the
offender is supervised by a work master from the
Probation Service
Or working for an external
organisation
In both cases the offender will work for the general benefit of
society
For instance doing the dishes in a kitchen of a nursing home
Or working in a second hand shop
Or cleaning parks and neighbourhoods
A community sentence lasts maximally 240
hours
The probation Service decides what work the
offender should do
The offender is obliged to fullfill the
work properly
If he doesn't, he can still go
to prison
The community service can be imposed
for many offences, but
not for serious acts of violence or sexual offences
A major advantage is that community sentences prevent damage caused by prison detention
(loss of home, relationship and job)
because the offender can still participate in
the community
In addition offenders get used to work routine and gain work experience
This reduces the chance of re-offending considerably; much more than after a prison sentence
This is how the Probation Service contributes to a safer society