Apply for parole if you're a young offender
Apply for parole
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Fill in the parole application form - you’ll get this from staff where you’re being held 6 months before the first date you could be allowed to be released, otherwise known as your ‘parole eligibility date’.
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Include why you think you should be released and any other information you think is relevant - this will be part of your case file.
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Go to a hearing, sometimes known as an oral hearing, if the Parole Board decides it cannot release you based on your case file.
Your case file
Staff in your unit or on your wing will put together a file about your case of documents about:
- your offence and any previous convictions
- your behaviour in prison
- your plans after you’re released
- anything else that might help the Parole Board make their decision
Include your own views about why you should be released.
A victim’s personal statement might also be in your case file. It will include how the victim feels about you being released.
Attend a hearing
You’ll automatically get a hearing if you’re under 18 years old and the Parole Board decides it cannot release you just on the papers in your case file.
Find out what happens at a hearing.