Background

The Rook Topolski Transparency Review was undertaken to identify what further measures the Parole Board could take to increase openness and understanding of its work. Since 2018 there have been several measures introduced to increase awareness of the parole process and to make the system more accessible including the introduction of decision summaries, parole hearings conducted in public, a BBC One documentary series and the potential for victims to observe private hearings.

These steps have all been a positive move in allowing victims, survivors and the public to better understand how and why the Parole Board makes the decisions that it does. Public protection is the number one priority of the Board but without seeing or understanding how this work is undertaken, it is diffic

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