The Parole Board is a strange body because it's not quite like a court and yet the decisions that it makes each year will often get more attention than the judgments handed down by the Supreme Court. Only a few weeks ago there was media interest as the Parole Board decided that the youngest person to have ever been convicted of terrorist offences in the UK could now go free. These are exactly the sort of decisions that the Parole Board makes: once a prisoner has served their minimum term, have they demonstrated enough progress in their rehabilitation to be considered for release or should they remain in prison?
Solving the Parole Board's Identity Crisis
Solving the Parole Board's Identity Crisis
Solving the Parole Board's Identity Crisis
The Parole Board is a strange body because it's not quite like a court and yet the decisions that it makes each year will often get more attention than the judgments handed down by the Supreme Court. Only a few weeks ago there was media interest as the Parole Board decided that the youngest person to have ever been convicted of terrorist offences in the UK could now go free. These are exactly the sort of decisions that the Parole Board makes: once a prisoner has served their minimum term, have they demonstrated enough progress in their rehabilitation to be considered for release or should they remain in prison?