Parole Board Queensland

The Parole Board Queensland is an independent statutory authority. It makes objective, evidence-based and transparent parole decisions without influence or pressure from external sources. Community safety is always its highest priority.

Decision-making involves consideration of whether there is an unacceptable risk to the community if a prisoner is released to parole, and also whether the risk to the community would be greater if a prisoner were to be released at the end of their sentence without any supervision.

The purpose of parole
Community safety is its highest priority. This involves not only consideration of whether there is an unacceptable risk to the community if the prisoner is released to parole, but whether the risk to the community would be greater if the prisoner ended up spending no time under parole supervision before the end of their sentence.