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Which of the following services is NOT provided by Provincial Correctional Services?
Which of the following services is NOT provided by Provincial Correctional Services?
What is a key factor in determining whether an inmate can apply for full parole?
What is a key factor in determining whether an inmate can apply for full parole?
Which of the following factors is NOT considered during a parole review?
Which of the following factors is NOT considered during a parole review?
What defines a statutory release?
What defines a statutory release?
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Which of the following criteria contributes to declaring someone a dangerous offender?
Which of the following criteria contributes to declaring someone a dangerous offender?
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Which type of parole allows an offender to return to an institution or halfway house each night?
Which type of parole allows an offender to return to an institution or halfway house each night?
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What is an essential criterion for parole boards while adding conditions to a statutory release?
What is an essential criterion for parole boards while adding conditions to a statutory release?
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Which of the following is true regarding offenders who are classified as dangerous offenders?
Which of the following is true regarding offenders who are classified as dangerous offenders?
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Study Notes
Prison System Overview
- Provincial Correctional Services are responsible for offenders with sentences under 2 years
- These services include incarceration for all offenders, processing parole applications, supervising offenders granted early release and those released before sentence completion, and running probation services
- Federal Correctional Services manage offenders serving sentences over 2 years
Offender Assignment
- Offenders are assigned to institutions based on various factors.
- The precise factors aren't detailed.
Parole Process
- Parole: A release from prison after a portion of a sentence is served
- Day Parole: Release during the day but return to the institution/halfway house at night. This allows offenders to prepare for full parole while working or going to school/etc
- Full Parole: Review happens once an offender begins their prison sentence. Inmates serving more than two years must complete a minimum amount of their sentence to be eligible for parole consideration (1/3 of their sentence).
Parole Review Considerations
- Efforts in prison: Assess the offender's actions while incarcerated.
- Personality assessment results: Evaluate the offender's personality characteristics to determine trends and patterns.
- Treatment and counselling benefits: Determine if benefits were gained from therapy.
- Housing following release: The availability of housing after release.
- Job prospects: Consider any potential employment options
Statutory Release
- Definition: The final 1/3 of an offender’s sentence served in the community under supervision (doesn't apply to life sentences.)
- Automatic process: Most offenders automatically receive statutory release.
- Parole board conditions: Conditions may be added by the parole board, such as requiring time in a psychiatric facility if necessary
- High-risk denial: If the inmate is deemed too high of a risk, release may be denied
Dangerous Offenders
- Definition: Offenders committing serious personal injury offences, with little chance of rehabilitation, pose a risk to society
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Criteria for designation: Several characteristics must be present for designation, such as:
- A repeating pattern of aggressive behavior
- A disregard for the consequences of actions
- A severity of the crime making future dangerous behavior likely
- Sexual impulses having a potential for causing injury or pain to others.
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This quiz provides a comprehensive overview of the prison system, focusing on provincial and federal correctional services. It covers offender assignment, the parole process, and the differences between day and full parole. Test your knowledge of these critical aspects of the correctional system.
