UK parole hearing for notorious prisoner Charles Bronson to be held in private

The parole hearing for Charles Bronson, one of the UK’s longest serving and most notorious prisoners, will be held in private, a judicial Parole Board member has decided. The decision comes after the 72-year-old – who later changed his name to Charles Salvador – took part in one of the country’s first public parole hearings in 2023. Since then, the Parole Board has repeatedly refused to direct his release. Bronson was the first prisoner to formally ask for a public hearing after rules changed in 2022 in a bid to remove the secrecy around the parole process. He also said the Parole Board has, over the last few years, made “great efforts” to improve the transparency of its proceedings.