serving the prison sentence an alternative is ordered. For example, for house arrest, a person convicted to a prison sentence of up to nine months is eligible. Usually, prison sentences imposed for a criminal offence against sexual integrity are excluded. Convicted person’s behaviour at the time of making the decision and the risk of offending once released are also taken into account – in addition to other circumstances that are specifically relevant for each of the prescribed alternatives. Additional rules and procedures regarding the implantation of these measures are prescribed by the Enforcement of Criminal Sanctions Act. The execution is prepared, managed and supervised by the competent probation unit. Probation services are relatively new in Slovenia. The legal basis for its functioning Probation Act, was adopted in 2017.160 The Probation Agency was established in 2018. The work of the probation services with the person begins with the of counsellor or counsellor from among the probation staff, who will then draw up a personal plan together with the person.161 The personal plan is an individualized method of execution of the sanction. It is prepared according to the type of probation order on the basis of an assessment of risk factors, an interview with the person, the individual needs and circumstances of the person and personal data. The personal plan defines the contacts between the person and the counsellor, possible sanctions, and, if necessary, the factors influencing the commission of the person's offence and the measures aimed at eliminating these factors, the methods and deadlines for their implementation, and the deadlines for the implementation of the personal plan. Contact with the person takes the form of individual interviews or group meetings, which shall take place in the probation unit, with providers of individual or group social, educational, psychosocial, health or other relevant programmes run by authorities, organisations, non-governmental organisations or other legal or natural persons, at the person's home or at other premises agreed in the personal plan. The first few years of its existence were dedicated to setting up the probation service. Regardless, the agency has a wide range of service/programme providers. Still, the Probation Agency considers that the one of the main challenges for persons with psychosocial and/or intellectual disabilities is to find an appropriate service/programme 160 161 Probation Act (Zakon o probaciji), 24 May 2017. Article 15 of the Probation Act (Zakon o probaciji), 24 May 2017. 51