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Mandatory requirements and guidance for prison and probation staff involved in the recall, review and re-release of recalled prisoners.
How a prisoner is released - including Parole Board hearings, resettlement schemes and temporary release on licence
When a prisoner is released depends on: the length of their sentence their…
A prisoner may be allowed to leave prison for short periods towards the…
All prisoners get help preparing for life when they leave prison. In the…
A person leaving prison may get the following financial support: Universal…
What happens if you're charged with a crime. Find out about the hearing, when you can be released on bail and being put in custody (on remand).
If you’re charged with a crime you’ll be given a ‘charge sheet’. This sets…
When you’re waiting for a court hearing or a trial, you might be given…
If the court decides to put you on remand it means you’ll go to prison…
Probation is when you serve a court sentence in the community, and can include unpaid work or being supervised after coming out of prison
This guide provides information about being arrested in Turkey and what conditions are like in prison there.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
When and how to request reconsideration of a Parole Board decision to release a prisoner.
How to apply for a licence to capture, transport and re-release beavers or modify or remove beaver dams, burrows and lodges at any time of year.
If your business is registered for VAT in the UK, find out when you can, or need to, account for import VAT on your VAT Return (also called postponed VAT accounting).
This guide provides information about being arrested in Germany and what conditions are like in prison there.
Information and advice if a friend or family member has been a victim of murder, manslaughter or has died in suspicious circumstances in India.
Find out how to apply for a duty deferment account so you can delay paying most customs or tax charges when you import goods into Great Britain or release goods from an excise warehouse.
How immigrants held on immigration issues can apply for bail while they wait for an appeal, review or removal.
The police have to follow strict rules if you're arrested, questioned or charged with a crime - you can get legal advice at a police station
This guide provides information about being arrested in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and what conditions are like in prison there.
Find out details of the Procedure Codes and Additional Procedure Codes (both Union and National) excluded from use with Simplified Declaration Procedure (SDP) with regular use and Entry in Declarants Records (EIDR).
Find out how to move your goods from inward processing into free circulation, another special procedure or re-export.
Find out if you can use the Excise Payment Security System when paying the duty due on excise goods released for consumption in the UK.
How to move, store and trade duty-suspended and duty-paid excise goods.
Check the regulations on aircraft parts imported with a certificate of airworthiness.
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