﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><channel><title>theForum » Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (ROA) » How the ROA should be changed  » Latest Topics</title><generator>InstantForum 2016-2 Final</generator><description>theForum</description><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/</link><webMaster>theForum</webMaster><lastBuildDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:43:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><ttl>20</ttl><item><title>Sentencing Act 2026</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost36269.aspx</link><description>There seems to be a lot of media coverage at the moment regarding the new Sentencing Act 2026, which is a couple of months away from releasing its first tranche of prisoners.  It seems most of the media coverage is asking why people convicted of a sexual </description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 11:00:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>ChrisS</dc:creator></item><item><title>Khafka's post - Criminal record reform to support ex-offenders into work</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost29117.aspx</link><description>&lt;strong style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13.3333px; font-style: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text</description><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2020 15:46:02 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>AB2014</dc:creator></item><item><title>Is the ROA fair regarding previous convictions?</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost28249.aspx</link><description>Is the ROA fair? Should they introduce a system where minor convictions for offences such as thefts, criminal damage and others like that where you pose no risk to anyone, are excluded from even an Enhanced DBS check? Especially if they are from some time</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2020 10:58:37 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Simmo</dc:creator></item><item><title>An interesting development in Ireland</title><link>https://forum.unlock.org.uk/FindPost26573.aspx</link><description>If only someone over here would do the same as &lt;a href="https://www.irishlegal.com/article/employers-should-be-banned-from-discriminating-against-people-on-basis-of-convictions"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; in the UK. Maybe not all politicians are hopeless after all... just </description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Nov 2019 15:10:21 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>AB2014</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>