| AdminHistory | After a report by the campaigning peer Lord Longford in 1964 'Crime - A Challenge to Us All' a system of parole for determinate sentence prisoners in Great Britain was established by the Criminal Justice Act of 1967 which created separate Parole Boards for England, Wales and Scotland and allowed the Secretary of State, if recommended to release a prisoner on licence. The Committee led by Lord Carlisle to report on parole in England and Wales was formed in 1987 and a few months later a similar review was launched in Scotland under the Chairmanship of Lord Kincraig - it reported in 1989. This led to a new system whereby release from prison prior to the expiry of the whole sentence was to be conditional, under supervision, with sanctions in the event of conviction of a new offence during the period served in the community being permitted by statute, and with social workers being given a duty to provide assistance to released prisoners who sought it. This was laid down in the Criminal Justice Act 1991 and Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993. |
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