Hello. I am looking for some advice. As a female life sentanced prisoner 6 years over tariff i am currently in a low secure hospital awaiting discharge. I have no parole date yet and have been told i am not entitled to a mental health solicitor as i have won my tribunal. My section 47/49 rights dont apply to me anymore and this means i am not entitled to a mental health solicitor. Human right solicitors just say i need a mental health solicitor. Who can actually represent me legally?
Hi Toni, you’d need a prison law solicitor to represent you if you have an upcoming parole hearing. If the Tribunal determined you could be discharged but needed to stay in hospital in the interim, the Secretary of State should have referred you to the parole board.
Thank you for your response. I have a parole board due at some point in the next few months and have a criminal law solicitor but nobody to hold my mental health team to account for the mistakes and delays that have led to my parole being delayed for almost 2 years. My parole hearing was supposed to be in August 2023 but my MDT are inexperienced when it comes to my discharge pathway.