Stages of Pre-parole Liaison

Notify the PCO sentence planning at the prison where the offender is detained to advise them that pre-parole liaison has been initiated.

The email must contain:

• the name and PRN of the offender
• the name and contract details of the probation officer who has been allocated the pre-parole liaison
• a request for a return email with the name of the sentence planner who has been allocated the pre-parole liaison.

Receive the service manager's email and allocate a sentence planner to the pre-parole liaison.

Advise the service manager by return email of the name and contact details of the sentence planner who has been allocated the pre-parole liaison.

Identify key prison-based staff who are or will be involved with the offender and determine the extent of their involvement with the offender.

Check to see if the reintegration caseworker is working with the offender.

If not, and the offender has high level of re-integrative needs, make an urgent referral to the reintegration caseworker.

If the offender does not have a high level of reintegrative needs proceed to the next step.

Notify the probation officer of:

• who the key prison-based staff that will be involved with the offender
• the activities they will be undertaking.

Review:

• the information provided
• the PRP worksheet
• file information about the offender.

Identify all:

• issues, concerns and gaps in the offender's release proposal
• potential sentence management issues should the offender be released from prison

Develop a pre-parole strategy to address any identified concerns in the offender's release proposal and any potential sentence management issues.

Note: If the offender is involved with the reintegration caseworker, the probation officer must consult.

Notify the psychologist of the pre-parole strategy and any actions required of them if:

• psychological treatment is being considered
• the offender is involved in psychological treatment or assessment (including that through special treatment units).

On receiving the pre-parole liaison strategy, confirm that prison-based tasks can be carried out.

If you can carry out or organise the required tasks, then notify the probation officer immediately and discuss how these might be progressed.

Note: It is expected that prison-based tasks will be delegated to the most appropriate prison-based staff. Probation officers are not expected to know who these tasks should be delegated to.