A TOTAL of 176 Islanders were subject to sexual offence orders at the end of last year.
The Jersey Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements 2021 annual report reveals that there were 14 new sexual offenders registered for notification orders in 2021, bringing the total number of individuals subject to sex offender notification orders to 176.
The JMAPPA initiative brings together multiple bodies involved in the criminal justice system to share information, make plans and work together to manage the risks posed by people who have committed, or are assessed as likely to commit, acts of violence or sexual offences.
At the end of 2021, there were 219 active cases being managed by the group – 180 of those were category one offenders, who are subject to notification requirements under the Sex Offenders (Jersey) Law 2010. The total number of registered sex offenders can be different to JMAPPA category one offenders as individuals remain under JMAPPA for three months post deregistration.
A total of 23 individuals were category two offenders – those sentenced for a violent offence.
And 16 of those managed by JMAPPA were those with a criminal conviction that do not have the capacity to participate effectively in court proceedings as determined under the Mental Health (Jersey) Law 2016, and are assessed as posing a risk of serious harm but do not meet the category one or two criteria.
Prison governor Susie Richardson, the JMAPPA’s chair, said: ‘The total number of offenders subject to sex offender notification orders in Jersey
at the end of 2021 was 176, with 14 new registrations during 2021. Forty of these people were in custody, 89 in the community, and 47 were residing outside of Jersey on a temporary or permanent basis.
‘At the time of writing, the majority of these individuals were being managed by a single agency, while 37 were being managed through the partnership arrangements.’
The age range of sexual offenders spanned from 18 to 81 years old, and all but one were male.
She added: ‘The number of reconvictions during 2021 of those clients managed through this multi-agency process remained consistently low, with ten offenders being reconvicted of further offences.
‘None of these offences were so serious to require a serious case review.’
Mrs Richardson said that JMAPPA partners had shown ‘incredible resilience’ throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘We have been able to continue to work under a set of very different circumstances.
‘Despite the challenges faced in 2020 and 2021, we have maintained our ability to support and challenge offenders as well as protecting victims from further harm,’ she said.
