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  • Home
  • Information
    • Full index of information
    • Top 10 things to know
    • Understanding your criminal record
    • Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
    • Criminal record checks for employment (basic, standard and enhanced DBS checks)
    • Disclosing criminal records to employers
    • Looking for (and keeping) employment and volunteering
    • Insurance
    • Travelling abroad
    • Travelling to the US
    • Coming to (and staying in) the UK
    • Universities and colleges
    • Housing
    • Self-employment / Running your own business
    • Banking
    • Financial issues
    • Leaving prison
    • Probation
    • Police
    • Courts
    • Sharing of criminal records
    • Personal relationships
    • Other areas of life
    • Information on the internet
    • Specific types of offences
    • Motoring offences
    • Sexual offences
    • Downloads
    • Important links and organisations
    • For families of people with convictions
  • Stages
    • Just received a caution
    • Just received a conviction
    • Leaving prison
    • On probation
    • Got an unspent conviction
    • Your conviction is spent
    • Your caution/conviction is filtered
  • Criminal record checks
    • Basic DBS
    • Standard DBS
    • Enhanced DBS
  • Updates
    • Read all the latest updates
    • Information updates
    • Latest advice
    • Summaries of updates
    • News at Unlock
    • Subscribe for free email updates
  • Covid-19
  • Contact Us
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Run by the charity Unlock, this site is the country's most comprehensive source of online self-help information on a wide range of issues that criminal convictions can affect, including disclosing to employers, criminal record checks, buying insurance, housing and travel abroad.

Information

Detailed information on issues from disclosing to employers to buying insurance

7 stages of a criminal record

What you need to know at each stage

Top 10

A summary of the 10 things people with convictions should know

Contact us

Find out how you can contact our helpline

Latest updates

  • The helpline will be closed over Christmas
    December 17, 2020
  • Monthly summary – November 2020
    December 1, 2020
  • Do you know whether your cautions and/or convictions will be removed from your standard or enhanced DBS? Changes from 28 November
    November 28, 2020
  • Government announces date when planned changes to criminal record disclosure rules will take effect
    November 19, 2020
  • Applying for a new job? Do you know what you need to disclose to an employer?
    November 11, 2020
  • Tell us what you think
    November 9, 2020
  • Monthly summary – October 2020
    October 29, 2020
  • Travelling to the EU after 1 January 2021
    October 26, 2020
  • Settled status – New information on what you need to know if you are an EU citizen and have a criminal record
    October 15, 2020
  • Monthly summary – September 2020
    September 30, 2020
  • Moving on: Criminal record checks for employment
    September 16, 2020
  • Monthly summary – August 2020
    August 28, 2020

Quick links

Latest – Covid-19 (coronavirus) – Key information for people with criminal records

Seven stages of a criminal record

  1. Just received a caution
  2. Just received a conviction
  3. Leaving prison
  4. On probation
  5. Got an unspent conviction
  6. Your conviction is spent
  7. Your caution/conviction is filtered

Frequently asked questions

What do I need to know about my criminal record?

Is my conviction/caution spent?

Will my conviction/caution be disclosed on a basic check?

What types of jobs involve criminal record checks?

Will my caution/conviction be disclosed on a standard/enhanced DBS check? Or will it be filtered?

How can I find out the details of my criminal record?

I need to get insurance – where can I go?

Does my record stop me from going to the United States?

Our websites

  • This site – Self-help information for people with convictions
  • Our main site – Latest news, policy work, training
  • theCalculator – Work out when convictions are spent
  • theForum – Have your say and talk to others
  • theRecord – Share stories, experiences and views
  • Recruit! – Our website for employers

About this site

This site is for people in England & Wales and it's managed by Unlock, an independent charity for people with convictions.

It's designed to provide self-help information on a wide range of issues that criminal records can effect. It's split into information sections. There's also quick links, latest updates and a downloads section. Find out more.

Supporting the site, we run a confidential peer helpline. If you have any questions about our information, please contact us

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Unlock is the only charity in England & Wales dedicated to supporting law-abiding people with convictions. We do not deliver government-contracted services. By being independent, we respond to the needs of the people we exist for.

In 2016 alone, over 1.3 million different people used this site for information & advice. As an independent charity, we rely on your donations to maintain and develop the site.

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