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Borys Law takes habeas corpus test case to Court of Appeal
In 2020, Simon Borys and Kate Mitchell of Borys Law–a boutique law firm in Kingston, Ontario that focuses on parole and correctional law–launched a test case, on behalf of a number of inmates serving life or indeterminate sentences, in coordination…
‘Crisis’ in federal correctional institutions due to parole programing backlog
Simon Borys was recently interviewed for an article in The Lawyers Daily about the crisis in federal correctional institutions due to the programming backlog Simon is quoted in the article as saying: “This has been a problem for almost all…
SCC strikes down law which authorized life without parole for those convicted of multiple murders
Simon Borys was recently interviewed for an article in The Lawyers Daily about R v Bissonnette, the recent case from the Supreme Court that dealt with the constitutionality of stacked life sentences. Simon intervened in the case on behalf of…
Parole support letters vs character reference letters
It can be helpful for prisoners to provide support letters to the Parole Board of Canada or Ontario Parole Board, as the case may be. Support letters can be helpful because they give the Board insight into what the prisoner’s…
9 Conditions federal prisoners on parole and statutory release must abide by
Prisoners released on parole or statutory release have to abide by certain conditions. Some conditions are imposed at the discretion of the Parole Board of Canada, but others are standard conditions imposed on all prisoners on parole and statutory release.…