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Caroline Corby
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Caroline Corby (born 27 January 1965) is the Chair of the Parole Board for England and Wales and the Chair of the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care.
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Parole Board: Absence of black panel members raises ‘major concern
The new chairwoman of the Parole Board has said it is a "significant concern" that none of its 240 members is black
Unconscious bias" had affected recruitment for the board, which decides when serious offenders in England and Wales can leave jail.
Loss of confidence" among board members.
It was obviously a very difficult period for the board.
We saw the departure of our previous chair in difficult circumstances, the board was subject to unprecedented amount of publicity, the like of which we haven't experienced before, and I think there was a loss of confidence amongst ourselves a little bit.
At the moment we have no black Parole Board members and that's of significant concern to me.
There must have been some kind of unconscious bias in those processes, we're not going to have those processes next time around.
Parole Board chair supports reform of the prisoner recall system in England
Caroline Corby says changing the process for releasing offenders would help reduce staffing pressures at the independent body
If somebody is recalled back to custody and actually the risk doesn’t warrant it, then an executive release is a much faster process.
I think there are arguments for making changes to the criminal justice system.
have always believed we have lots to gain and nothing to lose by being more open about our work.
Citing moves in recent years to hold hearings in public and publish decision summaries.
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