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PRISON SYSTEM PROVINCIAL CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 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 institu...

PRISON SYSTEM PROVINCIAL CORRECTIONAL SERVICES 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  Federal Correctional Services: Responsible for offenders with sentences of more than 2 years THINK, PAIR, SHARE HOW ARE OFFENDERS ASSIGNED TO INSTITUTIONS? WHAT FACTORS ARE CONSIDERED WHEN PLACING AN INMATE IN A PARTICULAR INSTITUTION?  RELEASE FROM PRISON 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 INFO COMPILED DURING PAROLE REVIEW  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? STATUTORY RELEASE 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  DANGEROUS OFFENDERS 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.