If an offender is released on parole, conditions may be imposed on the offender's release. The points below apply to those release by the Parole Board of Canada, but note that the Ontario Parole Board also has the power to impose conditions. Some conditions are mandatory for every offender released on parole. These standard conditions include reporting to a parole supervisor, remaining in Canada, obeying the law and keeping the peace, not owning...
According to the Corrections and Conditional Release Act, contraband includes:
(a) an intoxicant,
(b) a weapon or a component thereof, ammunition for a weapon, and anything that is designed to kill, injure or disable a person or that is altered so as to be capable of killing, injuring or disabling a person, when possessed without prior authorization,
(c) an explosive or a bomb or a...
Overview In Mercredi v Saskatoon Provincial Correctional Centre, 2019 SKCA 8, the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan granted an appeal brought by a provincial inmate after his habeas corpus application was dismissed by the Queen's Bench of Saskatchewan. The appellant, an inmate at the Saskatoon provincial Correctional Centre, was assigned a low-security rating. He was placed in different living units in accordance with security assessments...
Private family visits (PFVs) take place inside prisons, but in separate structures. They allow inmates to spend time (up to 72 hours every two month) with visitors in private. However, only visitors who fall into one of the following categories are eligible for private family visits: Immediate family; Those the offender has a "close personal relationship" with Both of these categories have very specific definitions.
Immediate family: in respect...
Often, offenders will provide their applications to their parole officers, who then submit the applications to the Parole Board of Canada. However, there is nothing preventing an offender from submitting an application directly to the Board, according to R v Richer, 2019 SKQB 193, at para 15. Once the Parole Board of Canada receives an application, it has 6 months to hold a parole hearing, according to section 157(2) of the Corrections and...
On September 11, 2019, the Crown dropped a charge of uttering threats against a young person in Kingston also charged with terrorism-related offences. For the full story, see:
The Student Code of Conduct prohibits sexual violence against “a member of the University community”. This includes sexual violence against students, staff, faculty, visitors, and volunteers. Sexual violence is defined in the Policy on Sexual Violence Involving Queen’s University Students as “any sexual act or act targeting a person's sexuality, gender identity or gender expression, whether the act is physical or psychological in...
Yes, record suspensions can be revoked. In some cases, revocation is automatic, and in other cases the Parole Board of Canada has discretion. Automatic revocation A record suspension is automatically revoked (a) if the pardoned person is convicted of an indictable or hybrid offence (excluding impaired driving), or (b) if the Board receives new information confirming that the person was not eligible for a record suspension at the time it was...
1.Record suspensions are different than record purges. Those who are convicted of an offence can apply for a record suspension after the waiting period has elapsed. Those who receive discharges have their records automatically purged by the RCMP after a certain amount of time. For an absolute discharge, records are destroyed after 1 year. For a conditional discharge, they are destroyed after 3 years. 2. There is a waiting period to apply for a...
The Parole Board of Canada can consider all relevant and available information, provided it is reliable and persuasive. It has access to and can consider a range of information, including: Correctional documents Court transcripts (reasons for decision and sentence) Pre-sentence reports Police reports Psychiatric reports Criminal records Victim impact statements Risk/actuarial assessments Offenders can also submit documents to the Board,...
