Guidance

Easy Read guides for prisoners

皇冠体育app Easy Read guides help explain to prisoners how the parole process works.

Applies to England and Wales

Documents

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Details

皇冠体育app Parole Board recognises the importance of ensuring that all prisoners, particularly those with learning or communication difficulties, or where English is not their first language, have access to information about parole which is clear and easy to understand. 皇冠体育app aim of the Easy Read guides is to enable all prisoners to understand how the Parole Board makes decisions and to participate more effectively in their case. 皇冠体育app guides are intended to enhance the fairness of parole proceedings and to reflect the Parole Board鈥檚 commitment to equality and diversity.

皇冠体育app Easy Read guides are not intended as a substitute for expert legal advice and representation. Prisoners are encouraged to seek support from legal representatives, where this is possible. 皇冠体育app information within the publications should provide useful reference material for legally represented prisoners.

Prisoners who do not have the benefit of legal representation can represent themselves or can be represented by another person (although there are some people who are excluded from acting in this capacity). 皇冠体育app guides should be particularly helpful to this group of prisoners.

皇冠体育appre are two guides, 鈥楢 guide to help with your parole review鈥�, for any prisoner preparing for a parole review and 鈥楶reparing for your Parole Oral Hearing鈥�, for any prisoner whose review is progressing to oral hearing

We hope that these guides will provide a useful and helpful resource for prisoners.

Updates to this page

Published 13 July 2015

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