Life on the SOR
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Please could anyone tell me how being on the SOR impacts life i.e unannounced visits etc? I find the forum so informative hearing from people who are actually living it rather than a generic Google reply.
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For my partner the biggest hurdle of being on sor is having an unspent conviction to declare when asked for jobs. The unannounced visits are not very frequent (he is medium risk and is visited twice a year). Obviously it isn't nice having to go to the police station once a year to sign but the officers are generally ok to deal with and just take the information they need and it's a pretty quick process.
The sor is a reporting tool any restrictions would be from his SHPO. These should be inline with the offence. My partner has internet restrictions only, devices checked on request and via monitoring software and he can't delete any internet history. He also can't use incognito version of Google etc xxx
The sor is a reporting tool any restrictions would be from his SHPO. These should be inline with the offence. My partner has internet restrictions only, devices checked on request and via monitoring software and he can't delete any internet history. He also can't use incognito version of Google etc xxx
Thank you for your reply! I imagined someone visiting every week, I don't have much information at the moment we are only at the charging stage and been told what to expect in terms of community service and 2-5 years on the SOR. His is classed as a low level offence they said.
From what my OH said about his time on SOR the unannounced visits were initially every three months, dropping to every six months and then once a year as his risk level reduced.
We will be 1 year post sentencing in July. To be honest, our lives haven't changed. He luckily still has his job (no need to declare convictions) and does not need a DBS. We had to go to the police station to update things like passport, bank card, inform them of our holiday etc, but takes minutes. Police visited once since then (only as a tick box exercise as we moved house and they need to come 7 days after moving but didn't come until nearly 3 months after moving). OIC deem him as low risk so they don't bother us at all. He attenda probation once a month and can't delete history etc on his phone for his SHPO.
Honestly, not much has changed, just have to be a little extra careful when going away and spending time with family and friends etc. x
Honestly, not much has changed, just have to be a little extra careful when going away and spending time with family and friends etc. x
My son gets semi-regular unnannounced visits (less than monthly) from the offender managers - they're plainclothed and low-key and it's never an issue if he's not here. To date, with one exception, they've all been very nice and very supportive.
My ex was sent to prison, first offence for images. He is obviously on the SOR and has a SHPO. His offender manager turns up at his home unannounced about once every 3 months and looks through his phone, makes sure the software they put on it is working ok. They ask what he's been doing with his time, general chit chat. He's given up trying to find a job. He's 54 with a first class degree but all an employer needs to do is a Google search and he pops up. He's caring for his Dad who's 84. The Police check where he's living to make sure there's no under 18's there, which of course there isn't. He has to inform the Police beforehand if he's going to be away from home for more than 7 nights and where he's going to be, with whom and why. I think that's it pretty much. He has to inform them immediately of he loses or changes his phone. X