PRISON SYSTEM

Are responsible for:  Offenders with sentences of less than 2 years  Incarcerating all offenders  Processing parole applications  Supervising offenders who are granted any type of early release  Supervising offenders released from institutions before the end of their sentence  Running probation services

1. CLOSED CUSTODY: -Reserved for offenders who are dangerous, likely to escape or hard to manage 2. OPEN CUSTODY: -Institutions provide an opportunity for the inmate to work, usually in forest management and maintenance or farming 3. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES: -Offenders are allowed to work or go to school on a daily basis, returning to the correctional facility at night. (many of these inmates are on day parole)

HOW ARE OFFENDERS ASSIGNED TO INSTITUTIONS? WHAT FACTORS ARE CONSIDERED WHEN PLACING AN INMATE IN A PARTICULAR INSTITUTION?

PAROLE: -To release an offender after a portion of their sentence has been served DAY PAROLE: -Offender is released during the day but must return to the institution or halfway house each night. -Allows offender to go to school/work & prepare for full parole

FULL PAROLE: -Review date is set when offender starts prison sentence -Any inmate serving 2 or more years must serve a minimum of their prison sentence before they can be considered for parole. -Offenders may apply for parole review after serving 1/3 of their sentence.

 What efforts has the offender made in prison?  What are the results of a personality assessment?  Has the offender received and benefited from treatment or counselling?  Does the offender have a place to live following release?  Do they have any job prospects?

HOW DOES PAROLE FOR MURDER DIFFER FROM REGULAR PAROLE?

Definition = Spending the final 1/3 of your sentence in the community under supervision (Exception to this is life or indeterminate sentences)  Is automatic for most offenders  Parole board may add conditions to the release (Example: Inmate may have to stay in psychiatric facility)  If inmate is high risk, it can be denied

Definition:  Someone who commits a serious personal injury offence  Has little hope of rehabilitation  Poses a threat to society In order to declare someone a dangerous offender one of the following must exist:  Pattern of aggressive behaviour  Indifferent to consequences of their behaviour  Offence so brutal that future behaviour is likely to be abnormal  Has sexual impulses that will likely cause injury or pain to others.