{"id":5750,"date":"2022-07-18T12:55:43","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prisonersadvice.org.uk\/?p=5750"},"modified":"2022-07-18T12:55:43","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T12:55:43","slug":"pas-signs-pbug-boycott-letter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/2022\/07\/18\/pas-signs-pbug-boycott-letter\/","title":{"rendered":"PAS Boycotts Parole Board User Group"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Prison Lawyers, along with PAS, The Howard League for Penal Reform and the Legal Aid Practitioners\u2019 Group, are boycotting the next Parole Board Users\u2019 Group (PBUG).<\/p>\n<p>As part of the recent Ministry of Justice (MoJ) Criminal Legal Aid Review, Sir Christopher Bellamy concluded that the sector needed a minimum of \u00a3135m every year to reverse what he described as \u2018years of neglect\u2019. Sir Bellamy specifically addressed the importance of prison law in his review and recommended that the proposed increase should also apply to this area of work. Criminal law barristers are currently undertaking action as a result of the Government\u2019s failure to properly implement the recommendations. \u00a0But prison lawyers who undertake many thousands of parole hearings each year will not receive any increase at all in rates of pay, not even the increases being applied to all other areas of work that fall under the Legal Aid Agency\u2019s crime contract. The exclusion of prison work from the planned increases in legal aid rates demonstrates at best, a total lack of understanding of the work itself and at worst, a deliberate decision to underfund this vital part of the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n<p>We are seeking a meeting with the Justice Secretary in the absence of a current legal aid Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Read the letter sent to PBUG by the four organisations <a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PBUG-Letter-July-2022.pdf\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Association of Prison Lawyers, along with PAS, The Howard League for Penal Reform and the Legal Aid Practitioners\u2019 Group, 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