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Rights groups condemn government’s failure to fix broken DBS system
Supreme Court ruled one year ago that disclosure and barring service rules breach rights DBS system continues to unlawfully breach…
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Monthly summary – January 2020
Welcome to our monthly summary for January 2020. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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New tool to help work out if you need to disclose your criminal record
“Do I need to tell them about my criminal record?” That’s one of the most common questions that our helpline…
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New step-by-step video for Unlock’s Disclosure Calculator
Our Disclosure Calculator is a web tool that makes it simple to calculate when convictions become ‘spent’ and no longer…
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New tool to help work out if you need to disclose your criminal record
“Do I need to tell them about my criminal record?”. That’s one of the most common questions that our helpline…
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New service for hearing and speech impaired callers
To help improve the reach of our helpline, people with hearing and/or speech difficulties will now be able to contact…
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Blog – Join the #FairChecks movement to help get a fresh start for the criminal records system
In the 1960s, when Richard was 16, he was found in possession of a small amount of cannabis. He was…
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Recently left prison and claimed Universal Credit? What do you think to the DWP’s guidance?
Last year the Department for Work and Pensions created some new guidance to help people leaving prison understand how to…
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Launch of #FairChecks – A fresh start for the criminal records system
Together with the charity Transform Justice, Unlock has launched the #FairChecks movement to help push for a fresh start for…
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Launch of #FairChecks – A fresh start for the criminal records system
Together with the charity Transform Justice, Unlock has launched the #FairCheck movement to help push for a fresh start for…
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Moving on: The seven criminal record stages – leaving prison
This month we’ve written a further article for InsideTime ‘Through the Gate’ section which provides information on one of the…
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Winter 2019/20 Newsletter – What we’ve been up to
Today we’ve published our winter 2019/20 newsletter. The newsletter provides an update of the news at Unlock in the last…
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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…
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Monthly update – December 2019
We’ve just published our update for December 2019. This months update includes: New information on travelling to Russia with a…
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Monthly summary – December 2019
Welcome to our monthly summary for December 2019. This provides a summary of: the latest updates to our self-help information…
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Our priorities for government in 2020 – A fresh start for criminal records
We’ve published our priorities for government in 2020. We are calling on the government to commit to five priorities to…











