Parole Board: Policy and Operational Files

BV 3

Parole Board: Policy and Operational Files

1967-1998

The subjects covered in this series form part of the functions and responsibilities of the Parole Board of England and Wales. The files relate to Parole Board minutes of general purpose meetings, annual conferences, proposals for research, correspondence with researchers, the review of the parole system, role of parole in the criminal justice system, correspondence and meetings with members of the House of Lords, miscellaneous matters relating to the Parole Board and its functioning, and annual reports and preparation notes.

The content of the file series is mainly policy and operational work although there are some case files that deal with individual prisoners’ appeals, and the Home Secretary’s attitude towards their release, policy relating to early release in relation to a growing prison population at the time, and the role of parole within the criminal justice system in England and Wales.

Files on probation are in: HO 330

Home Office files on the after-care of offenders are held in: HO 247 HO 383

Public Record(s)

English

• Home Office, 1782-1782
• Parole Board, 1968-1968

68 file(s)

Open unless otherwise stated

from 2014 Home Office

Topics

Prisons

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The Parole Board for England and Wales 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.

The Parole Board works with its criminal justice partners to protect the public by risk assessing prisoners to decide whether they can be safely released into the community or to make recommendations for their transfer to open prison conditions.

In 2007 sponsorship of the Parole Board moved from the Home Office to the newly created Ministry of Justice. The Parole Board is an Arms Length Body sponsored by the Corporate Performance Group of the Ministry of Justice.