Helen's Law refers to The Prisoner's (Disclosure of Information) Act that came into force in January 2021. This law means that criminals who do not disclose the location of the remains of their victims or the identity of victims of child abuse, cannot be granted parole for their offences. It is named Helen’s Law after the murder of Helen McCourt by Ian Simms in 1988. Simms was freed despite not disclosing the location of McCourt's remains and her mother Marie McCourt campaigned for a change in the law which passed through parliament in 2020 and came into effect the following year.