Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics Adult Correctional Services in Canada Part 6: Resources - Parole Board of Canada

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Introduction

Purpose of Survey

The purpose of the Adult Correctional Services (ACS) survey is to provide important indicators as to the nature and characteristics of correctional case-flow that are of use to agencies responsible for the delivery of these services, the media and the public. The survey collects annual data on the delivery of adult correctional services from both the provincial/territorial and federal correctional systems.

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Table 1.

Total Parole Board of Canada operating expenditures (in current dollars) (Formerly "Table 23" in 2008/2009 and earlier.)

Operating expenditures

Actual Amount (nearest dollar)

Comments

Table 2.

Full time equivalents¹ utilized by the Parole Board of Canada (Formerly "Table 26" in 2008/2009 and earlier.)

Type of employees

• Board members
• Part-time board members
• Staff
• Unknown

Total

Program Activities²

• Conditional release decisions
• Conditional release openness and accountability
• Pardon decisions and clemency recommendations
• Internal services³
• Unknown

Total

1. Prior to 1999/2000 this table recorded 'person-years' but as a result of a Treasury Board directive, a 'full time employee' became a 'full time equivalent'.

2. As of 2007/2008, the reporting requirements have been changed from strategic outcome to program activities.

3. As of 2009/2010, the name for the program activity was changed to Internal Services from Corporate Management to better reflect the data that was collected under that umbrella.

Comments

Table 3.

Grant rate, by type of release by the Parole Board of Canada (Formerly "Table 38" in 2008/2009 and earlier.)

Federal Offenders

Escorted temporary absence

• Granted
• Denied
• Grant rate (%)

Unescorted temporary absence

• Granted
• Denied
• Grant rate (%)

Day parole

• Granted
• Denied
• Grant rate (%)

Full parole

• Granted
• Denied
• Grant rate (%)

Provincial/territorial offenders¹

Day parole

• Granted
• Denied
• Grant rate (%)

Full parole

• Granted
• Denied
• Grant rate (%)

1. These data represent decisions for provincial/territorial offenders in provinces/territories that do not operate their own parole boards, but who are released by the Parole Board of Canada and supervised by Correctional Service of Canada.

Comments

Table 4.

Federal outcomes¹ for offenders released by the Parole Board of Canada, by type of conditional release (Formerly "Table 39" in 2008/2009 and earlier.)

Day Parole

Number 

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

Percent

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Full Parole²

Number

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

Percent

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

Statutory Release

Number 

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

Percent

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

1. The outcomes presented represent only those for which the conditional release was completed during the reference year. An offender does not enter the 'revocations with offence' category until declared guilty.

2. Full parole outcomes constitute determinate sentences only.

Note: Data represent outcomes of federal jurisdiction offenders in federal or provincial facilities.

Comments

Table 5.

Provincial/territorial outcomes¹ for offenders released by the Parole Board of Canada, by type of conditional release (Formerly "Table 40" in 2008/2009 and earlier.)

Day parole

Number    

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

Percent

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

Full parole

Number    

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

Percent

Successful completions
Revoked for breach of condition
Revocations with offence

• Non-violent
• Violent
• Unknown

Total revocations with offence
Unknown

Total

1. The outcomes presented represent only those for which the conditional release was completed
during the reference year.

Note: These data represent outcomes for provincial/territorial offenders in provinces/territories that do not operate their own parole boards, but who are released by the Parole Board of Canada and supervised by Correctional Service of Canada.

Comments

Table 6.

Parole Board of Canada - Residency conditions¹ on statutory release (Formerly "Table 41" in 2008/2009 and earlier.)

Pre-release

• Imposed²
• Cancelled
• Unknown

Post-release

• Imposed
• Prolonged
• Removed
• Unknown

1. A residency condition refers to a condition requiring the offender to reside in a halfway house while on statutory release.

2. Includes cases which were referred for detention and in which the final decision was statutory release with residency.

Comments

Table 7.

Parole Board of Canada - Residency conditions¹ on federal full parole (Formerly "Table 42" in 2008/2009 and earlier.)

Pre-release

• Imposed²
• Cancelled
• Unknown

Post-release

• Imposed
• Prolonged
• Removed
• Unknown

1. A residency condition refers to a condition requiring the offender to reside in a halfway house while on full parole.

2. Includes cases which were referred for detention and in which the final decision was statutory release with residency.

Comments

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