The Latest Breaking News from the Parole Board

Lorraine Thorpe was 15 years old when she killed her father, Desmond Thorpe, and Rosalyn Hunt in separate incidents in 2009

Charles Bronson, now legally Charles Salvador, has spent over 50 years in prison, much in solitary confinement, for violent offenses including hostage-taking. At 73, he faces his ninth parole review, with the board weighing his risk against decades of notoriety, personal transformation through art, and public fascination, famously dramatized by…

The Justice Secretary blocks Jake Fahri's move to an open prison after shocking drill lyrics about Jimmy Mizen's murder emerge, reigniting fury over rehabilitation, victims' rights and public safety.

James Bulger was two years old when he was murdered by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson in Bootle, Merseyside

Fresh hearing for child murderer once again ‘reopens unimaginable trauma’ for James’s loved ones

Jon Venables, convicted of the 1993 murder of James Bulger, has been granted another parole review, reigniting debate over public safety, rehabilitation and lifelong anonymity more than 30 years after the crime.

Jon Venables will have his case heard by parole chiefs more than two years after his last appeal.

Open prisons have minimal security and allow eligible prisoners to spend most of their day out of prison on licence

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: The plight of hundreds of inmates trapped in a grim loop between indefinite sentences and mental health treatment within our prison system must be resolved