Probation
| DOI | 10.1177/026455056601200301 |
| Published date | 01 September 1966 |
| Date | 01 September 1966 |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
PROBATION
Vol
12
No 3
November
1966
Journal
of
the
National
Association
of
Probation
Officers
COMMENT
Parole
AT
THE
TIME
of
writing,
the
Criminal
Justice
Bill
promised
for the
autumn
has
not
been
published.
Its
provisions
will
be
of
great
significance
for
probation
offices
and
the
service
will
be
anxious
to
ensure
that
the
provisions
made
for
the
introduction
of
a
parole
system
are
realistic
and
workable.
The
W’hite
Paper
on
The
Adult
Offetider
was
extremely
vague
about
this
subject,
and
we
can
only
ju’dge
the
Government’s
intentions
from
the
statements
of
ministers.
There
are
three
matters
of
crucial
importance
-
arrangements
for
release,
arrangements
for
supervision
and
arrangements
for
recall.
The
Government
has
stated
that
it
does
not
intend
to
establish
parole
boards,
and
this
we
welcome.
Recommendations
about
release
should,
we
believe,
be
made
in
the
context
of
a
prisoner’s
treatment
and
progress
in
the
institution,
and
such
recommendations,
to
be
confirmed
by
the
Secretary
of
State,
are
best
made
by
those
responsible
for
treatment.
We
favour
the
establishment
in
each
prison
of
a
reviewing
body,
responsible
for
reguflarly
assessing
a
prisoner’s
progress
and
for
making
a
wide
range
of
treatment
decisions.
It
must
also
be
made
clear
from
the
start
that
early
release
on
licence
will
not
be
automatic
and
that
a
prisoner
will
not
be
able
to
claim
such
a
privi’lege
as
a
right.
We
can
expect
thaw
the
abolition
of
sentences
of
Preventive
Detention
and
Corrective
Training -
the
former
suggested
in
1963
in
the
Report
of
the
Advisory
Council -
will
be
a
part
of
the
new
Bill.
A
feature
of
both
these
sentences
was
the
provision
of
a
period
of
statutory
after-care.
Under
the
system
now
envisaged
there
will
be
supervision
of
offenders
who
are
released
early
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