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Find out about services our women’s justice social work team provide for women involved in the justice system.

The Procurator Fiscal can offer a person a period of unpaid work through a Fiscal Work Order (FWO), as an alternative to prosecution.

Find out what unpaid work is, the different types of unpaid work carried out in the community, and how to request unpaid work for your organisation.

Find out what a Community Payback Order is, what types of requirements can be part of an order, and what happens if you breach a community payback order.

Find out about the services our justice social work service provides for people who have been given court sentences in the community.

A Structured Deferred Sentence (SDS) is an intervention after a person has been found guilty of an offence, but before final sentencing.

Find out what diversion from prosecution is and what happens when you have been granted diversion from prosecution by the court.

Find out what bail and bail supervision is, what happens if you’re granted bail, and what happens if you breach the terms of bail supervision.

Find out what justice social work services we provide before a person may be sentenced, including bail and bail supervision, diversion from prosecution, and fiscal work orders.

Find out about the services we provide for people in the criminal justice system, including those who have offended, are at risk of re-offending, and their victims.