any advice for dss in trouble with the courts?

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My stepson is 20. About 2 years ago he got sent to court for a bunch of driving offences, driving with no license, driving without care and attention, no tax, no mot, no insurace, leaving the scene of the accident etc.
He was given a suspended sentence, plus a fine, community service and probation.
He has never paid a penny of the fine, was taken to court twice more and finally sent to jail in september. He was supposed to do 6 weeks but got out after about 10 days.
Since then he has not done his probation or community service and now in court again today.
What can me, dh and dss's mum do to help him. He is in total denial about this whole thing and blames it all on everyone else, his mum, dad, the court, probation officer etc... Why can't he start taking it seriously? We are all so upset that it has had to come to this and most of all that he refuses to take responsibility for himself and his actions.
Any advice gratefully recieved.
TIA

I dont think you can - odd to be released wiht unpaid work - surely the sentence cancelled all that out?

tbh i don't understand all the in's and out's of what's gone on. All I know is he was let out and then probation on the phone wanting to know why he has not been to his appointments and now he's back in court today...
So fed up, tbh feel like going round and knocking some sense into him with a large bat

The baseball bat, or at least a serious talking-to sound like the only things to go for - he really ought to understand by 20 that this is his life he's messing up, and that he has to make a decision to sort it out.

I would guess they are likely to send him back into prison again, since the previous spell doesn't seem to have made him understand they are serious. for you.

I would assume the jail in Spetember was in lieu of non-payment of the fine, but the rest of the original sentence still had to be done.

This is the problem we are all having problems with. He is so convinced it is someone else's fault that dh and his ex are on a mega guilt trip thinking they should have done something different while he was young....
I really think that if he has decided to bury his head in the sand that there's nothing we can do to help him. I think he needs to hit rock bottom and wake up and see where he has ended up. I mean he has no job, no place to stay (just kipping on mates couches), no money, no worries.
God it's so frustrating

I also can't understand the point of a suspended sentence if they won't enforce it. I thought he had to stay on good behaviour for the next year or go to jail for the original sentence. But they just keep giving him second chances, he goes to court and gives them the sob story about how crap his life is and gets let off again. How will he learn unless they really come down hard on him?

Tbh I would be inclined not to help him. It doesn't sound like he would be grateful anyway. Maybe there are too many people wringing their hands over what to do about him.

He's 20 years old, not 2. Time for him to grow a pair and sort his own life out. Otherwise you will still be picking up the pieces in 20 years time...

Nancy, that's what I think, but there's always someone to help him. His nan, his mum, his mates are all looking out for him keeping him stocked up with booze and fags

I think the problem is that prisons are so full that they'd really not clutter them up with wasters, and keep the space for more serious offenders. But I agree, there's no point threatening punishment if you're not going to follow through with it - same for any age!

I think all you can do is just not help, and tell him what you think of his attitude - but if others are letting him get away with it, then the effect will be much less.