Prepare for release
Plan accommodation, money and healthcare before and after leaving prison.
Guidance and tools
Release and probation
Understand probation, licence conditions, temporary release, home detention curfew and life after prison.
Find guidance about preparing for release, probation supervision, licence conditions and rebuilding life in the community.
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Prepare to leave prison
Understand your criminal record
Choose disclosure, record access or correction guidance.
Licence and release types
Check licence conditions and recall
Understand release paperwork, licence changes and recall routes.
Home Detention Curfew
Check assessment, address and curfew requirements.
Release on temporary licence
Understand temporary release and the requirement to return.
Community supervision and practitioner contact
Understand your probation arrangement
Identify community orders, suspended sentences or licence supervision.
Working with your probation practitioner
Contact your probation officer and manage appointments or concerns.
Victim support after sentencing
Support for victims and witnesses
Find support before reporting, during a case and after sentencing.
Children and young people
Choose the stage relevant to you. Children do not necessarily go through every stage.
Support in police custody
Arrange appropriate-adult support for children and vulnerable adults.
Prepare for youth court
Find hearing, participation and support information for children.
Support in youth custody
Find placement, advocacy and safeguarding guidance.
Youth release and community supervision
Prepare for release or understand a youth community order.
Tools and directories
Use a practical tool or search a structured criminal justice collection.
Prison release date estimator
Estimate key release dates for a supported standard determinate sentence.
Prison directory
Find contact, visiting and release-support information for individual prisons.
Prison policies and instructions
Search policy frameworks, Prison Service Instructions and Prison Service Orders.