Overview
- Following an oral hearing, the Parole Board recommended transferring Carr to open conditions but refused her release from custody.
- The advice is not binding and the final decision now rests with Secretary of State for Justice David Lammy.
- A parole summary recorded ongoing active risk factors, including intense attachments and difficulty coping with rebuffs.
- A prison psychologist and the Justice Secretary’s representative opposed the move, favoring a specialist regime in closed conditions.
- Carr was convicted of the 1992 murder of 18-year-old Katie Rackliff at age 12 and has a history of violent incidents and high-security placements during her sentence; this was her fifth parole review since 2009.