The parole board and the role of forensic psychologists

<p><strong>Martin Jones</strong> has been Chief Executive of the Parole Board since October 2015. He has spent the majority of the past 30 years working in the justice system in a range of delivery or policy roles. In the summer of 2021 Martin was awarded a CBE for services to victims, transparency and diversity in the parole system.</p> <p><strong>Fiona Ainsworth</strong> is a Chartered Forensic Psychologist and associate fellow of the BPS. She worked in HMPPS for ten years, initially specialising in the assessment and treatment of people who commit sexual offences. In 2010 she left the prison service for self-employment and she joined the Parole Board in 2017. </p> <p><strong>Further reading:</strong></p> <p>Mann, Howard, Tew (2018) What is Rehabilitative Culture? <em>The Prison Service Journal</em>, 235, 3-9</p> <p>https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/parole-board</p>