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VIEW ALL -- 01/05/2020in Latest, News @ Unlock, News & Media, News on policy issues
What’s the impact of Covid-19 on people with criminal records?
Covid-19 and the social distancing measures introduced to help control it are creating challenges for all of us. For people with criminal records, these challenges can be particularly difficult to overcome. Since the UK went into lock-down, we’ve been contacted by many people with criminal records – those with criminal records in the co... - 27/03/2020in Case studies - Case work, Case studies - Organisations, Case work, Housing, Normal life, Policy successes
Case of Lawrence – Court wrongly issued information about a spent conviction
Lawrence contacted us concerned that a crown court had provided information about his spent conviction without the proper authority. Lawrence had a spent conviction from 12 years ago which could still be found on the internet. His local residents’ association had used the information they found online to request a Certificate of Conviction from the...
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