PEN3705
Assignment 2 Semester 2 2026
Unique number
Due date: August 2026
QUESTION 1
I agree that the Department of Correctional Services is responsible for providing
youth offenders with programmes and services that respond to their identified needs
and support rehabilitation. On admission, every youth offender should undergo a
comprehensive assessment by a multidisciplinary team so that special needs, basic
needs and high risk areas can be identified before interventions are planned. This
assessment should lead to an individual sentence plan that sets out suitable
services and programmes in consultation with the youth offender, rather than placing
every offender in the same programme regardless of personal circumstances
(PEN3705 Study guide, 2016: 32).
Needs based programmes are important because youth offenders may require
different forms of assistance, including welfare support, medical care, psychological
, QUESTION 1
I agree that the Department of Correctional Services is responsible for providing
youth offenders with programmes and services that respond to their identified needs
and support rehabilitation. On admission, every youth offender should undergo a
comprehensive assessment by a multidisciplinary team so that special needs, basic
needs and high risk areas can be identified before interventions are planned. This
assessment should lead to an individual sentence plan that sets out suitable services
and programmes in consultation with the youth offender, rather than placing every
offender in the same programme regardless of personal circumstances (PEN3705
Study guide, 2016: 32).
Needs based programmes are important because youth offenders may require
different forms of assistance, including welfare support, medical care, psychological
services and education. The correctional environment should therefore balance safe
custody with rehabilitation while creating conditions that allow young offenders to
change their behaviour and develop useful skills for life after release. The study
guide also stresses that services and interventions should be recorded and their
effect on the youth offender should be evaluated, which makes rehabilitation a
planned process rather than a once off activity (PEN3705 Study guide, 2016: 24,
32).
The Department also carries responsibility for social reintegration because
rehabilitation is incomplete when an offender leaves the centre without support for
returning to the community. Family relationships should be maintained where
possible, and parents, families and communities should become involved early in
preparing the youth offender for reintegration. Facilities, trained officials and
appropriate resources are also necessary because programmes cannot meet
individual needs when centres lack suitable staff, access or funding for rehabilitation
services (PEN3705 Study guide, 2016: 32).
The Department should therefore provide programmes that match assessed needs,
while the youth offender must also take responsibility by participating seriously in the
opportunities that are provided. This approach recognises that every offender has
the potential to change when the correctional environment supports rehabilitation,
Assignment 2 Semester 2 2026
Unique number
Due date: August 2026
QUESTION 1
I agree that the Department of Correctional Services is responsible for providing
youth offenders with programmes and services that respond to their identified needs
and support rehabilitation. On admission, every youth offender should undergo a
comprehensive assessment by a multidisciplinary team so that special needs, basic
needs and high risk areas can be identified before interventions are planned. This
assessment should lead to an individual sentence plan that sets out suitable
services and programmes in consultation with the youth offender, rather than placing
every offender in the same programme regardless of personal circumstances
(PEN3705 Study guide, 2016: 32).
Needs based programmes are important because youth offenders may require
different forms of assistance, including welfare support, medical care, psychological
, QUESTION 1
I agree that the Department of Correctional Services is responsible for providing
youth offenders with programmes and services that respond to their identified needs
and support rehabilitation. On admission, every youth offender should undergo a
comprehensive assessment by a multidisciplinary team so that special needs, basic
needs and high risk areas can be identified before interventions are planned. This
assessment should lead to an individual sentence plan that sets out suitable services
and programmes in consultation with the youth offender, rather than placing every
offender in the same programme regardless of personal circumstances (PEN3705
Study guide, 2016: 32).
Needs based programmes are important because youth offenders may require
different forms of assistance, including welfare support, medical care, psychological
services and education. The correctional environment should therefore balance safe
custody with rehabilitation while creating conditions that allow young offenders to
change their behaviour and develop useful skills for life after release. The study
guide also stresses that services and interventions should be recorded and their
effect on the youth offender should be evaluated, which makes rehabilitation a
planned process rather than a once off activity (PEN3705 Study guide, 2016: 24,
32).
The Department also carries responsibility for social reintegration because
rehabilitation is incomplete when an offender leaves the centre without support for
returning to the community. Family relationships should be maintained where
possible, and parents, families and communities should become involved early in
preparing the youth offender for reintegration. Facilities, trained officials and
appropriate resources are also necessary because programmes cannot meet
individual needs when centres lack suitable staff, access or funding for rehabilitation
services (PEN3705 Study guide, 2016: 32).
The Department should therefore provide programmes that match assessed needs,
while the youth offender must also take responsibility by participating seriously in the
opportunities that are provided. This approach recognises that every offender has
the potential to change when the correctional environment supports rehabilitation,
