Through-the-gate planning
Release-day priorities, appointments, documents, benefits, probation contact and safe routines.
England and Wales prison release support
From custody to community, with a plan that holds.
Unshackle CIC helps people prepare for release with structured mentoring, community links, and solicitor-instructed reintegration packages for parole evidence.
- 1:1
- Mentoring
- Pre-release
- Planning
- Post-release
- Stability
Prison leaver support
Focused help before and after release.
Steady mentoring, release planning and community connection for people who need structure at the point where pressure is highest.
Mental health and wellbeing
Non-clinical mentoring, signposting, emotional regulation and continuity with local services.
Community reintegration
Housing pathways, training, family repair, pro-social activity and accountability after release.
For solicitors and legal representatives
Parole evidence needs more than good intentions.
Unshackle can be instructed to prepare a practical reintegration support package for parole and release planning. It sets out available support, engagement and post-release stability.
Instruct UnshackleReintegration package can cover
- Pre-release assessment and engagement plan
- Mentoring schedule and accountability structure
- Accommodation, health, substance misuse and appointment links
- Family, faith, culture and community support mapping
- Post-release review points and professional liaison
Information only. Unshackle does not provide legal advice or guarantee Parole Board outcomes.
Latest prison information
Official-source updates, explained plainly.
What should a reintegration package for parole include?
A practical parole package should show the support available after release, how the person will engage with it, and how stability will be reviewed.
Latest prison population figures: why release planning matters
Official prison data helps families, practitioners and legal teams understand pressure on custody, resettlement and community support.
Sentencing updates: how to read official justice statistics
Official statistics need plain-English context before they help people preparing for prison release or parole.
Leaving prison with mental health needs
Continuity, appointment planning and named workers matter for people leaving custody with health needs.
Licence recall explained for families and supporters
Recall can undo housing, health and family progress. Support plans should make licence conditions understandable.
What solicitors need before instructing Unshackle
A short checklist for legal teams requesting a reintegration assessment, mentoring plan or parole-support report.
Sustainable support
Useful information, practical help and trusted referrals.
Legal referrals
Structured reintegration support for parole and release planning.
Practical resources
Plain-English guidance, checklists and next steps.
Community partners
Support for workshops, mentoring and routes into stability.
Weekly updates
Official prison, parole and sentencing updates explained clearly.
Support the work
Help fund mentoring, workshops and release planning.
Donations support practical work with people leaving custody, families under pressure and communities trying to break cycles of harm.
Families and supporters
A direct route when everything feels urgent.
Families need plain answers quickly: who to contact, what to prepare, what information matters and how Unshackle can help.
Referral
Send the basic details and Unshackle will respond.
For urgent risk, medical or safeguarding concerns, contact emergency or statutory services first.