New appointment to the Adult Parole Board
Her Honour Catherine Lamble has been appointed as a judicial member of the Adult Parole Board.
DSO Division function transitions to the new Post Sentence Authority
From 27 February 2018, the Post Sentence Authority is responsible for the monitoring of serious sex offenders on post sentence orders and oversight of the post sentence scheme.
New appointments to the Adult Parole Board
Five new members, including one full-time member and four community members, were appointed to the Adult Parole Board on Tuesday, 19 December 2017. This is in addition to two new judicial members who were appointed on Wednesday, 22 November 2017.
His Honour Peter Couzens, Chairperson, said that ‘the Board is strengthened by the appointment of the new members, who will bring with them to deliberations, and generally, a diversity of experience and knowledge.’
The purpose of parole
Parole provides prisoners with a structured, supported and supervised transition so that they can adjust from prison back into the community, rather than returning straight to the community at the end of their sentence without supervision or support. By supporting prisoners to return to the community under supervision toward the end of their sentence, parole’s main purpose is to increase community safety.
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