Probation Address Appeal
Probation says the address isn't suitable? Get a second opinion.
Probation refusals of a proposed release address are often thin on reasoning and heavy on assumption. We read the refusal, the OASys, and the surrounding paperwork, and set out the flaws — and the routes to challenge them — in a written review you can act on straight away.
Flaws we commonly find
- Reliance on out-of-date police intelligence or spent matters
- Risk to a 'victim' who lives nowhere near the proposed address
- Blanket refusal of any family address without individualised assessment
- Failure to consider safeguarding measures (curfew, exclusion zones, tagging)
- OASys risk score inconsistent with the reasons given
- No visit undertaken before refusal, contrary to policy
- Confusion of children-safeguarding concerns that Children's Services do not share
- Article 8 ECHR (family life) not considered or given no weight
Ways the decision can be challenged
- Written representations to the Offender Manager and SPO
- Formal complaint under the HMPPS complaints procedure
- Escalation to the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman
- Parole Board representations where HDC or release is engaged
- Pre-action protocol / judicial review where the decision is unlawful
What you receive
- Line-by-line critique of the refusal reasoning
- Cross-check against OASys and police intel
- Draft response letter to the Offender Manager
- Escalation strategy with realistic timescales
- Safeguarding proposals that answer the concerns
- Honest view where the refusal is likely to stand
Get in touch
Address turned down by probation?
Send the refusal letter and any OASys extracts you have. A senior reviewer will identify the flaws and the fastest route to challenge them.
- • Reviewed by senior UK lawyers and barristers
- • Over 50 years of combined experience
- • Fully online — discreet and secure
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