Description

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Deciding if a prisoner should stay in prison or be released is no mean feat. Enter the fascinating world of the parole board with Rob McKeon of BBC’s Parole.

…You don’t know what you don’t know.
How can you predict the future when you don’t know what you don’t know?

Rob McKeon is a member of Britain’s parole board, making tough, life-changing decisions about whether a prisoner is safe to return to society; impacting not only prisoners and their victims, but also the general public. This vital work has been the subject of a BBC television documentary, Parole.

For 12 years, Rob has been handling sensitive and high-profile cases, dealing with the social, moral, and emotional pressures that come with this difficult job. This book provides unique insight into his work, with a compelling behind-the-scenes look at parole hearings.

About the Author

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Rob McKeon has been a parole board member since 2012 and has worked on over 5,000 cases.
 

Rob McKeon has been a parole board member since 2012 and has worked on over 5,000 cases.

Praise For…

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"The Parole Board started the process of greater transparency, through its documentary series Parole which provided accessible insight into the way decisions are reached. This book goes a step further and provides a much more detailed view of the Board’s work, and how the decisions are reached. Members like Rob McKeon go to great time and effort to fairly decide, based on the evidence and the law, whether a prisoner’s continued detention is necessary for the protection of the public and I hope that this book helps improve understanding of the important decisions they make."

—Martin Jones CBE, HM Chief Inspector of Probation