Guidance

Foreign national offenders on licence, PSS and IS91 policy framework

This policy sets out actions for prison and probation staff in the management of Foreign National Offenders (FNOs) where they are being released into England and Wales on licence or detained in Immigration Detention.

Applies to England and Wales

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This policy framework sets out the mandatory requirements, and general guidance, for prison and probation staff in the management during immigration detention and following any release of foreign national offenders on licence as part of their custodial sentence.

It sets out the data sharing process with Home Office Immigration Enforcement, accommodation options, responsibility for risk assessments and licence production.

This policy combines 2 previous policies (PSI 29/2014 / PI 26/2014 and PSI 34/2014 / PI 52/2014) on working with FNOs into a single document.

Updates to this page

Published 21 March 2024
Last updated 10 December 2024 + show all updates
  1. Updated Policy framework links.

  2. First published.

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