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The Parole Board is very concerned about the plight of many prisoners serving IPP sentences and welcomes the HMIP report.
The Secretary of State for Justice has approved the appointment of Sir John Saunders as a new member of the Parole Board.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Secretary of State The Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss speech at the Spark21 Conference.
On Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th November we welcomed Victim Liaison Officers (VLOs) to the Parole Board office to find out more about our work and to meet key staff.
The Parole Board is holding its first open Management Committee meeting on Thursday 24th November.
Nick Hardwick, Parole Board Chairman and Martin Jones, Parole Board Chief Executive will be speaking at the second “Great Expectations” event.
Oral statement on prison reform by the The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Elizabeth Truss.
Nick Hardwick, Chairman of the Parole Board gave the annual Howard League Parmoor Lecture last night at the offices of Clifford Chance.
Prisons Minister Sam Gyimah tells the PGA why prison governors are the right people to drive our reforms.
Following an open competition, the Prime Minister has approved the appointment of Susan Acland-Hood to the post of Chief Executive, HMCTS.
The Lord Chancellor, in consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has appointed Jeremy Mayhew and Catharine Seddon to the Legal Services Board.
The Parole Board is trialling a number of different approaches to reduce the time prisoners have to wait for an oral hearing.
The appointment of Andrew Dickerson, Peter Maddison and Paul West to the Prison Service Pay Review Body.
The Queen has approved the appointment of 1 Lady Justice and 5 Lord Justices of Appeal.
Extremists to be held in 'specialist units', a crackdown on extremist literature and tightened vetting of prison chaplains.
Professor Nick Hardwick, Chair of the Parole Board, spoke today about the need to deal with the c4000 prisoners given Indeterminate Sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP Prisoners) who remain in prison althoug…
The Parole Board has today published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2015/16.
The Parole Board for England and Wales has been awarded the Investors in People Bronze Standard.
The Lord Chancellor, Rt Hon Michael Gove has written to the Chair of the Justice Select Committee about his preferred candidate for the post of the Chair of Judicial Appointments Commission.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
A ground-breaking investigation into racial bias in the criminal justice system has visited a prison, court and probation services in Cardiff.
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