CRI210H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Prison, Halfway House, The Balancing Act
20 Jun 2020
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Roberts & grossman chapter 9- the professional life of a federal parole officer. Most can apply for full parole after 1/3 of sentence. Federal corrections mainly deal w/ offenders with sentences of 2 years +, except where there is no provincial correctional system in place. Offenders serving a long term supervision order (ltso) fall under jurisdiction of. Parole board of canada (pbc) and correctional service of canada (csc) during. Ltso portion of sentence (even if prison sentence is less than two years) Some parole officers assigned to prisons; author only supervises prisoners who have been released to community. Day parole = offender has to live in a community residential centre or a community correctional centre (aka halfway house) Full parole = conditional release into community; offender resides in location he has chosen and that pbc has approved. Author"s unit (team supervision unit- tsu) deals with highest-risk offenders, most of which left prison on sr.
