This article is written as part of a special issue of the European Journal of Probation, which seeks not simply to describe and to critique ‘parole’ as it has evolved over time, but to focus on the justifications and the actors involved in parole decision-making and supervision. This article explores the changing face of ‘parole’ in England and Wales. The Parole Board today has little in common with the Parole Board of 1967. The characteristics of the prisoners who appear before panels of the Board have also changed. ‘Parole’ is now a very different process, no longer ‘early conditional release’, but what might better be described as ‘delayed conditional release’. This requires a fundamental re-analysis of its purpose and the justifications for its use.

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给予和获得假释：英格兰和威尔士假释的变化特征

这篇文章是作为《欧洲缓刑杂志》特刊的一部分撰写的，该杂志不仅旨在描述和批评随着时间的推移而演变的“假释”，而是关注假释决定中涉及的理由和参与者——制作和监督。本文探讨了英格兰和威尔士“假释”的变化。今天的假释委员会与 1967 年的假释委员会几乎没有共同之处。出现在委员会小组前的囚犯的特征也发生了变化。“假释”现在是一个非常不同的过程，不再是“提前有条件释放”，而是更好地描述为“延迟有条件释放”。这需要对其目的和使用理由进行根本性的重新分析。