The principle in Attorney-General v Francis that a supervision order should be preferred to a continuing detention order where adequate to protect the community does not demand the impossible or impracticable of Corrective Services. Where evidence establishes that the level of supervision required (here, 24-hour 'eyeball' supervision) is impracticable to maintain in the community, a continuing detention order is properly made. An arrangement amounting to house arrest under a supervision order may in substance constitute continuing detention in a more agreeable form of prison.
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