What is a parole sponsor?
A provincial inmate applying for parole will likely be asked by the Institutional Liaison Officer ("ILO") and/or the Ontario Parole Board about who the inmate's sponsor is. A sponsor is the person the inmate will be living with, if granted parole, and who will play a significant role in the inmate's release plan. In order to find that the inmate's risk is manageable if released on parole, the Board will likely want to see that there is a sponsor...