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JUST Committee Report

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Table of Contents
Preface
List of Members
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
RECENT HISTORY
REVIEW PROCESS
FUNCTIONS PERFORMED BY AGENCIES UNDER THE ACT
GENERAL THEMES
CHAPTER 2: PUBLIC PROTECTION AS THE PARAMOUNT CONSIDERATION
PURPOSE
PRINCIPLES
ADDING TO THE SCHEDULES
APPREHENSION IN CASES OF BREACH OF CONDITIONAL RELEASE
INVESTIGATIONS
TEMPORARY ABSENCES - CITIZEN ESCORTS
CHAPTER 3: PUBLIC PROTECTION AND OFFENDER REHABILITATION
A CLEAR MANDATE FOR THE CORRECTIONAL SERVICE
INFORMATION ON OFFENDERS
PROGRAMS ADAPTED TO OFFENDERS' NEEDS
COMMUNITY REHABILITATION PROGRAMS
SPECIAL GROUPS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
CHAPTER 4: PUBLIC PROTECTION AND GRADUAL OFFENDER REINTEGRATION INTO THE COMMUNITY
AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION BETWEEN STATUTORY RELEASE AND OTHER TYPES OF CONDITIONAL RELEASE
ACCELERATED PAROLE REVIEW PROCEDURE
CLEARER DEMARCATION OF DECISION-MAKING AUTHORITY ON GRADUAL CONDITIONAL RELEASE
NEED TO EXTEND SCOPE OF SOME FORMS OF CONDITIONAL RELEASE
Temporary Absence
Parole on Compassionate Grounds
Parole for Purposes of Deportation Under the Immigration Act
CHAPTER 5: FAIR AND EQUITABLE DECISION MAKING
ADMINISTRATIVE SEGREGATION
Some Data
Recent History
Independent Adjudication
The Sub-committee's Position
SPECIAL HANDLING UNIT
INMATE DISCIPLINE - INDEPENDENT CHAIRPERSONS
PAROLE BOARD REVIEW OF SUSPENDED PAROLE OR STATUTORY RELEASE
BOARD DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO OFFENDERS
NATIONAL PAROLE BOARD - APPEAL DIVISION
CHAPTER 6: OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONAL INVESTIGATOR
OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONAL INVESTIGATOR: ROLE, RESPONSIBILITIES AND POWERS
Powers of Investigation: Access to Correctional Service Information and Facilities
Complaint Settlement Procedure
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OFFICE OF THE CORRECTIONAL INVESTIGATOR IN CARRYING OUT ITS MANDATE
CHAPTER 7: ADVISORY COMMITTEES TO THE CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM
CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMITTEES
ABORIGINAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES
A NATIONAL WOMEN'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CHAPTER 8: VICTIMS' RIGHTS
RECEIVING OFFENDER INFORMATION
PROVIDING VICTIM INFORMATION
UNWANTED COMMUNICATIONS FROM OFFENDERS
VICTIMS' INFORMATION AND COMPLAINTS OFFICE
CHAPTER 9: CORRECTIONS AND CONDITIONAL RELEASE SYSTEM-WIDE AND LONG-TERM ISSUES
TRAINING ISSUES
HEALTH CARE
DRUGS IN PRISON
MAXIMUM-SECURITY/SPECIAL-NEEDS WOMEN
DNA DATABANK LEGISLATION
PLAIN LANGUAGE LEGISLATION
PUBLIC EDUCATION
A FURTHER FIVE-YEAR REVIEW
RECOMMENDATIONS
Appendixes
A - TERMS OF REFERENCE
B - LIST OF WITNESSES
C - LIST OF SUBMISSIONS (THIRTY-SIXTH PARLIAMENT, SECOND SESSION)
D - INSTITUTIONS VISITED BY THE MEMBER
Request for Government Response
Opinions
CANADIAN ALLIANCE
PROGRESSIVE CONSERVATIVE PARTY
Minutes of Proceedings
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