What are temporary absence permits?
Federal inmates can apply for Escorted Temporary Absences (ETAs) and Unescorted Temporary Absences (UTAs). But provincial inmates (those serving sentences less than two years) apply for what is known as Temporary Absence Permits ("TAPs"). TAPs allow inmates to leave the institution they are at to go to work, attend school, seek medical treatment, attend to family responsibilities, participate in community programs, etc. The Superintendent...