The act allows for the
outsourcing of probation services (section 3) and amend the law relating to contracted out prisons and
secure training centres (sections 16-20). The act allowed more options for the placement of young offenders in care homes. The act allows for the monitoring of sex offenders using lie detectors. The act makes it an offence to have a mobile phone in prison and it makes it an offence for staff to bring mobile phones into a prison. == Notes ==