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An outline of the parole process
Guidance for Parole Board members regarding interventions undertaken by prisoners.
The updated Framework for listing oral hearings.
The Easy Read guides help explain to prisoners how the parole process works.
Setting aside a Parole Board decision
This guidance provides information about the different types of sentence and cases which panels may come across.
Revised Guidance on Prisoners who are Transgender
This guidance is to assist Parole Board Panels with their understanding of, and responsibility for, setting licence conditions.
Latest guidance on reconsideration sets out the process from start to finish.
The Parole Board Observer Guidance has been updated.
The is a public guide to show the Decision-Making Framework used by Parole Board members
The Parole Board has extended its approved Welsh Language Scheme for a further two-year period, from 2021 until 2023.
The power to refer high-risk prisoners to the Board, in place of automatic release, is set out in the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
This is the summary of the decision following the parole review for Glyn Razzell
The Decision Writing Guidance is for all members involved in writing and reviewing Parole Board decisions.
Revised Guidance on Representation
Revised Guidance on Restricted Patients and the Mental Health Act.
This is the revised guidance on Types of Cases.
Guidance for members on risk assessment of prisoners.
Member guidance for cases where the prisoner’s first or preferred language is Welsh, as well as any other individual that communicates with the Board in Welsh.
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