Prison Act 1995 · Updated to 12 Dec 2025 · Part IV · Custody and Removal of Prisoners
46F. Matters for Parole Board to take into account before making Parole Order
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prisoner
“prisoner” means a person, whether convicted or not, under confinement in a prison and in relation to a convicted prisoner, includes a prisoner released on parole;
Parole Board—
shall examine and evaluate the parole dossiers received from a prison officer in respect of such prisoner and any other report prepared by any prison officer in relation to an application for release on parole of such prisoner; and
prison officer
“prison officer” means a uniformed staff of the prison department from and including the rank of Commissioner General of Prison down to and including a Warder;
shall have regard to the following matters:
the need to protect the safety of the community;
the need to maintain public confidence in the administration of justice;
the nature and circumstances of the offence to which the sentence of the prisoner relates;
the prisoner’s criminal record;
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the risk of the prisoner re-offending if he is released on parole;
the likelihood of the prisoner being able to adapt to normal community life;
the likely effect on the victim of the prisoner and the victim’s family, if the prisoner is released on parole;
in the case of a foreign prisoner, the availability of parole system or other similar system in his country;
and
such other matters as the Parole Board considers relevant.