Guidelines to promote pre-bail reports

By LILLIAN ALUANGA-DELVAUX [email protected]

The Probations and Aftercare Service Department is calling for policy guidelines to promote use of pre- bail reports by the courts. A pre-bail report is a social inquiry report written through information generated about the background and community ties of an accused person. The purpose of such a report is to provide as much verified information as possible to the court about the accused that will help make a rational decision on bail terms.