Offender Management Act 2007

The Offender Management Act 2007 (c 21),^[2] which relates to "the provision of probation services, prisons and other matters relating to the management of offenders",^[3] is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Offender Management Act 2007

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision about the provision of probation services, prisons and other matters relating to the management of offenders; and for connected purposes.
Citation	2007 c 21
Introduced by	John Reid MP, Home Secretary[1] (Commons) Baroness Scotland of Asthal (Lords)
Dates
Royal assent	26 July 2007
History of passage through Parliament
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended

Provisions

The act allows for the outsourcing of probation services (section 3) and amend the law relating to contracted out prisons and secure training centres (sections 16-20).

The act allowed more options for the placement of young offenders in care homes.^[4] The act allows for the monitoring of sex offenders using lie detectors.^[5]

The act makes it an offence to have a mobile phone in prison and it makes it an offence for staff to bring mobile phones into a prison.^[6][7]