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The Parole Board (Welsh: Y Bwrdd Parôl ar gyfer Cymru a Lloegr [1]) was established in 1968 under the Criminal Justice Act 1967. It became an independent executive non-departmental public body (NDPB) on 1 July 1996 under the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 .
A parole board consists of people qualified to make judgements about the suitability of a prisoner for return to free society. Members may be judges, psychiatrists, or criminologists, although some jurisdictions do not have written qualifications for parole board members and allow community members to serve as them. A universal requirement is ...
The Parole Board will sit as the Life Prisoner Tribunal when considering whether or not to grant parole. The Tribunal takes the form of an oral hearing with a legally qualified Member of the Parole Board, and two other Members. The Tribunal will hear evidence from the prisoner (with their legal representative), a representative from the prison ...
His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service is an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) responsible for the correctional services in England and Wales.It was created in 2004 as the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) by combining parts of both of the headquarters of the National Probation Service and His Majesty's Prison Service with some existing Home Office functions.
Nicholas Lionel Hardwick CBE (born 19 July 1957) is a British executive who has led UK-based charities and criminal justice organisations. Most recently he was chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales from March 2016 until his resignation on 28 March 2018 following a legal challenge to a Parole Board decision to release convicted serial rapist John Worboys.
Court documents seen by BBC Wales now reveal Bowen was regarded as high risk at the time of his initial release in 2015. Ms Fox said this meant Bowen should not have been released.
The Parole Board has refused the latest bid for freedom by Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest-serving prisoners. The independent body announced its decision on Thursday, nearly one month ...
In 2007 she joined the board of the London Probation Trust (LPT) and she was chair from 2012 to 2014. LPT worked with over 60,000 offenders a year to protect the public and reduce re-offending. Corby joined the Management Committee of the Parole Board in 2015 and became chair in April 2018, succeeding Nick Hardwick. The Parole Board is an ...