Corrections and Conditional Release Act (S.C. 1992, c. 20)
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Act current to 2013-05-26 and last amended on 2013-03-27. Previous Versions
Marginal note:Accuracy, etc., of information
24. (1) The Service shall take all reasonable steps to ensure that any information about an offender that it uses is as accurate, up to date and complete as possible.
Marginal note:Correction of information
(2) Where an offender who has been given access to information by the Service pursuant to subsection 23(2) believes that there is an error or omission therein,
(a) the offender may request the Service to correct that information; and
(b) where the request is refused, the Service shall attach to the information a notation indicating that the offender has requested a correction and setting out the correction requested.
- 1992, c. 20, s. 24;
- 1995, c. 42, s. 9(F).
Marginal note:Service to give information to parole boards, etc.
25. (1) The Service shall give, at the appropriate times, to the Parole Board of Canada, provincial governments, provincial parole boards, police, and any body authorized by the Service to supervise offenders, all information under its control that is relevant to release decision-making or to the supervision or surveillance of offenders.
Marginal note:Police to be notified of releases
(2) Before the release of an inmate on an unescorted temporary absence, parole or statutory release, the Service shall notify all police forces that have jurisdiction at the destination of the inmate if that destination is known.
Marginal note:Service to give information to police in some cases
(3) Where the Service has reasonable grounds to believe that an inmate who is about to be released by reason of the expiration of the sentence will, on release, pose a threat to any person, the Service shall, prior to the release and on a timely basis, take all reasonable steps to give the police all information under its control that is relevant to that perceived threat.
- 1992, c. 20, s. 25;
- 1995, c. 42, s. 71(F);
- 2012, c. 1, s. 160.
Marginal note:Disclosure of information to victims
26. (1) At the request of a victim of an offence committed by an offender, the Commissioner
(a) shall disclose to the victim the following information about the offender:
(i) the offender’s name,
(ii) the offence of which the offender was convicted and the court that convicted the offender,
(iii) the date of commencement and length of the sentence that the offender is serving, and
(iv) eligibility dates and review dates applicable to the offender under this Act in respect of temporary absences or parole; and
(b) may disclose to the victim any of the following information about the offender, where in the Commissioner’s opinion the interest of the victim in such disclosure clearly outweighs any invasion of the offender’s privacy that could result from the disclosure:
(i) the offender’s age,
(ii) the name and location of the penitentiary in which the sentence is being served,
(ii.1) if the offender is transferred, a summary of the reasons for the transfer and the name and location of the penitentiary in which the sentence is being served,
(ii.2) if the offender is to be transferred to a minimum security institution as designated by Commissioner’s Directive and it is possible to notify the victim before the transfer, a summary of the reasons for the transfer and the name and location of the institution in which the sentence is to be served,
(ii.3) the programs that were designed to address the needs of the offender and contribute to their successful reintegration into the community in which the offender is participating or has participated,
(ii.4) the serious disciplinary offences that the offender has committed,
(iii) the date, if any, on which the offender is to be released on temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release,
(iv) the date of any hearing for the purposes of a review under section 130,
(v) any of the conditions attached to the offender’s temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release,
(vi) the destination of the offender on any temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release, whether the offender will be in the vicinity of the victim while travelling to that destination and the reasons for any temporary absence, and
(vii) whether the offender is in custody and, if not, the reason why the offender is not in custody.
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(2) Where a person has been transferred from a penitentiary to a provincial correctional facility, the Commissioner may, at the request of a victim of an offence committed by that person, disclose to the victim the name of the province in which the provincial correctional facility is located, if in the Commissioner’s opinion the interest of the victim in such disclosure clearly outweighs any invasion of the person’s privacy that could result from the disclosure.
Marginal note:Disclosure of information to other persons
(3) Subsection (1) also applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to a person who satisfies the Commissioner
(a) that harm was done to the person, or the person suffered physical or emotional damage, as a result of an act of an offender, whether or not the offender was prosecuted or convicted for that act; and
(b) that a complaint was made to the police or the Crown attorney, or an information was laid under the Criminal Code, in respect of that act.
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(4) Subsection (2) also applies, with such modifications as the circumstances require, to a person who satisfies the Commissioner
(a) that harm was done to the person, or the person suffered physical or emotional damage, as a result of an act of a person referred to in subsection (2), whether or not the person referred to in subsection (2) was prosecuted or convicted for that act; and
(b) that a complaint was made to the police or the Crown attorney, or an information was laid under the Criminal Code, in respect of that act.
- 1992, c. 20, s. 26;
- 2012, c. 1, s. 57.
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