Community Payback Orders (CPOs) ensure that offenders can pay back to society, and to particular communities.
This has to be done in two ways:
- An offender is required to make reparation, through for example unpaid work, previously called community service.
- They must address and change their offending behaviour.
Within East Ayrshire, CPOs are implemented by the Council’s Criminal Justice Social Work Services (CJSW).
We have a shared service partnership arrangement in place with North Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Council to deliver CJSW services. This is governed by a joint committee comprising local elected members from the three local authorities.
The East Ayrshire CJSW service also operates within the planning and partnership framework of the South West Community Justice Authority CJA to improve the management of offenders and reduce re-offending.