Do you know how the parole board works?

[SpaceNambo]

If a person is in prison on their 2nd charge for the same (type of) crime and there is a 3rd court case pending for the same crime again, can they get parole? Assuming they've behaved well and are at the end of their sentence. I'm imagining they might get released as 'innocent until proven guilty', although a clear pattern of behaviour is showing itself.

Was the crime committed in prison? How long was the sentence?

Depends on lots of factors including when the court date is. They might remand them and the when sentenced but release will take into account time served.

Do you mean the parole board? If they are approaching end of sentence I can't think that it will be a parole decision.

@googledidnthelp the crimes were committed outside prison. The first offence was community service, a fine and a slap on the wrist. The 2nd offence is 7yrs.

The 3rd crime is exactly the same as the 2nd. So assuming a guilty verdict he'll be back in prison again.

Are they coming up for parole? As it seems unusual that the 3rd crime hasn't already been dealt with it they are already nearing parole? Or has it only just come to light?
It definitely hard to say as behaviour and attitude in prison is a huge contributing factor to parole and the unresolved court case alone is difficult to judge especially without knowing the type and severity.

People are released at the end of their sentence. You can't keep someone in prison who has completed their sentence, unless on remand on a new charge.
Parole is early release to complete the sentence in the community.
Yes, people with outstanding charges can get parole.

@googledidnthelp the 3rd crime only came to light shortly after the 2nd conviction. There's a back-log in the courts now obvs since covid.

I just think someone somewhere in authority must roll their eyes and think 'not again' when they see a 3rd offence for exactly the same crime. I guess this is how it goes with repeat offenders. Do the bird, get out and carry on.

A lot will depend on the nature of the crime eg the risk of harm posed. This features heavily on the paroles boards test for release.

The panel can release with outstanding charges of they wish to. The prisoner would however only be released if they had bail for the new matters, if they were on remand they would stay in prison for as long as this remained the case eg until they were either sentenced, got bail, case dropped.

However in my experience it’s unlikely they would release at this stage. Professionals no longer make recommendations however in the past when they did it wouldn’t be likely for any recommendations for release to be made simply because the extent of the risk isn’t known until there ia an outcome of the new matters. The parole board can’t be sure what they are dealing with in terms of assessing the risk to the public. Having said that I only work with those posing a risk of violent / sexual offending, this may not be the case with other types of cases.

They wont get it i should imagine

Needs more info - what type of sentence did they get for the 2nd crime, is it an extended sentence? Were they recalled? What is it that is making it a parole case.

If it is a parole case and they have a 3rd offence for similar pattern of behaviour then it's unlikely they will get it. PB don't work on innocent until proven guilty - they work on risk. If it fits with pattern of behaviour they will assess it as on balance of probabilities it is more likely than not they did it and will factor it in to their assessment of ability to manage risk to the public.