The Parole Board for Scotland is a tribunal non-departmental public body in Scotland first established in 1967, with responsibility for parole decisions. Its decision making and operating are independent of the Scottish Government, and many of its decisions are binding on Scottish Ministers. The Parole Board has statutory powers to:Recommend the release of prisoners with determinate sentences or extended sentences of 4 years or more ; Direct the release of prisoners with life sentences on life licence; Recommend the conditions to be attached to prisoners' non-parole licences; Recommend the recall to prison, in the public interest, of anyone released on parole, non-parole or life licence; Direct the re-release of prisoners recalled to prison.