Latest news on our support for people with convictions

• 08/07/2019in Case work, Helpline, News & Media, News on Unlock's work for individuals, Support case studies

  Some examples of people we’ve helped

  Looking back over the last couple of months, we’ve written up a few examples of the people we’ve helped. We hope they give a good idea of how we help people. However, more importantly than our role, we think that these examples show how people with convictions are able to overcome some of the barriers...
• 04/07/2019in Case studies - Organisations

  Case study – Professional bodies should ensure any questions they ask about criminal records are clear and not misleading

  Our helpline was recently contacted by an individual who wanted to highlight a question being asked about criminal records by a professional body on their application form. The individual believed that this question was potentially very misleading as it asked: “Have you ever received a caution or conviction for a criminal record?” We in...