Alternatives to Prison

• Alternatives to prison in Scotland

  • Fines
  • Home Detention Curfew
  • Compulsory Supervision Order
  • Drug Treatment and Testing Order
• Fines


  The courts can give out fines to people who have committed minor crimes to pay as compensation
• Home Detention Curfew


  The offender continues to serve their sentence but at home under certain curfew conditions monitored by an "electronic tag"
• Community Payback Order


  Offenders are ordered to carry out up to 300 hours of community service - 'paying back' to a community they might have damaged
• Drug Treatment and Testing Order (DTTO)

  Used by the Courts if someone's drug dependency problems are a significant cause of their offending, aimed at reducing or stopping a dependency on drugs with regular drug tests
• Reasons courts give alternatives to prison

  • To reduce overcrowding in prisons
  • They are cheaper than prison
  • Prison rehabilitation doesn't work as well