Finding suitable housing

Some sentences can be completed while staying at home and individuals on a community sentence may need to check with a probation officer if where they are staying is suitable.

If someone is on an electronically monitored sentence or order they have to:

• propose a suitable and stable address for where they’ll be staying
• make sure the address is accessible to the monitoring company and their probation officer.

Unsuitable living arrangements

Some places aren’t suitable to have electronic monitoring equipment, for example:

• a sleep-out
• a garage
• a caravan
• camping grounds

Help to find somewhere to live

Corrections has a number of service providers who can help people leaving prison to find somewhere to live. For more information, see our Supported Accommodation page.