Post Sentence Supervision (PSS) applies to any offender convicted for an offence who is released from a custodial sentence of more than one day but less than two years. This PSS period begins following the expiry of the standard licence period and ends on the one-year anniversary of the end of the custodial period - so that the licence period and the additional supervision period will always add up to one year.
	The ISR recommended a new progression model for custodial cases with the cessation of PSS arrangements for offenders released from a sentence of less than two years’ imprisonment. The Review’s report notes that "many people have criticised PSS on grounds of its ineffectiveness. A 2019 report by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation (HMIP) identified "no tangible reduction in reoffending" following PSS – albeit under the previous structure before the privatised probation services (the Community Rehabilitation Companies) were returned to public control, and absorbed into the newly named "Probation Service" in June 2021".
	Probation Reset has meant that probation practitioners prioritise engagement and supervision at the points in the sentence where the evidence shows it has the most impact on offenders. Consequently, all contact under PSS ceased, apart from offenders within exemption criteria. However, most offenders remain on the probation practitioner’s caseloads, leading to increased workloads and ambiguity for probation staff. By removing the requirement for PSS in legislation, the Government is seeking to align legislation better with current probation practice to reduce probation caseloads and facilitate effective supervision and risk management.
Policy background Part 2: Management of offenders after sentencing Removal of requirement for supervision after sentence