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VANCOUVER - Police are warning the public that a violent offender who poses a risk to women is living in the city. Paul Richard Haley, 40, was released from federal custody after serving his full six-year sentence for the 2003 murder of his girlfriend. (Vancouver Province)
ST JOHN'S - An independent review into how an inmate died in custody in St. John's more than a year ago says there is no evidence that guards at Her Majesty's Penitentiary acted inappropriately in handling the death. (CBC)
Jail system fails native prisoners OTTAWA - Howard Sapers, the Correctional Investigator of Canada, released a progress report on aboriginal people in the federal corrections system. It states bluntly the federal government has failed to live up to many of its commitments on improving the system. (CP) REPORT: Good intentions, disappointing results Prison system failing aboriginals Michelle Mann
ST JOHN'S - A murder charge in Toronto has prompted a review of Newfoundland and Labrador’s justice system. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Arrest made Victim 'too trusting' Good intentions
WINNIPEG - Justice officials are seeking an indefinite prison sentence for Darryl Cook, 42, who has been convicted of dozens of offences throughout his entire adult life and has not spent more than 3 months at a time in the community since 1991 without landing back behind bars. (Mike on Crime)
EDMONTON - Family and friends will not be allowed to visit inmates at the new $620M Edmonton Remand Centre when it opens in early 2012. Instead, all contact with loved ones will be conducted via video from an off-site location. (Edmonton Journal)
Facility wants killer shipped out WINNIPEG - Joey Wiebe was caught hiding a knife, drugs, alcohol and cash in the ceiling tiles of his private room at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre. (Mike on Crime) MORE: Killer says knife was for religious rituals Escapee found Killer deemed too dangerous Battered child syndrome led to killing
Propose changes to prison system OTTAWA - The Tories are proposing changes to the federal corrections system that they say will strengthen victims' rights and increase offenders' responsibilities. (CTV) MORE: Bill tabled to expand victim rights Amendments to the CCRA Roadmap to strengthening public safety |
EDMONTON - Overcrowding at the Edmonton Remand Centre led to breaches of the charter rights of a group of former inmates, an Alberta Court of Queen's Bench justice has ruled. (CBC)
WINNIPEG - A 19-year-old mentally troubled man who killed, raped and defiled his 79-year-old grandmother is ready for early release into the community, according to justice officials working closely with him. (Mike on Crime) COMMENT: Killer asks Court to give society a lump of coal YCJA
WINNIPEG - Police are attempting to locate and arrest 24-year-old Chevy Ballentyne, who's wanted on at least one warrant. This is the second time Ballentyne's statutory release has been revoked. (Sun Media)
BRAMPTON - A flawed admissions process at a Brampton superjail is endangering troubled teens and staff, says a senior jail guard at the Roy McMurtry Youth Centre. (Toronto Star) PREVIOUS: Violence soars Superjail raises troubling questions
BRAMPTON - Troubled teens promised cutting-edge treatment at Ontario's new $93M superjail for youth have instead been deprived of food, denied programming and subjected to questionable body cavity searches, according to a review by a senior provincial official. (Toronto Star)
Tighter non-violent parole rules OTTAWA - The federal government said it will introduce legislation to crack down on early parole for non-violent offenders, a move it says will augment proposed tougher sentences for white-collar criminals. (CBC) PREVIOUS: Double credit time eliminated
WINNIPEG - He beat one man to death with a baseball bat, choked two of his sisters to the point of unconsciousness and assaulted his uncle, breaking his nose. Now justice officials want a judge to designate Darryl Cook a dangerous offender, a move that could keep Cook behind bars for the rest of his days if he doesn't mend his violent ways. (Sun Media)
Investigation into gangster paroled VANCOUVER - The Correctional Service of Canada has launched an investigation into how gangsters are released into the community after the unprecedented execution of a parolee near a Vancouver halfway house this. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Slain parolee housed near school Victim identified Slaying likely linked to old vendetta Man gunned down Tara Singh Hayer Gangs |
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Inmate fatally stabbed in brawl AGASSIZ - One inmate has been stabbed to death at Kent Institution, the federal maximum security prison in the Fraser Valley. Corrections officials identify the dead man as 28-year-old Andrew Craig. (CP) MORE: Convict stabbed to death Stabbing death forces another lockdown |
CALGARY - The girlfriend of a man viciously stabbed 28 times by his co-worker as he slept in his Kananaskis hotel is shocked the killer is free from a mental facility less than three years later. (Calgary Herald) RELATED: Petition for review of NCR policy |
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Police question inmate's escape CALGARY - City police are asking how a violent, mentally ill escapee was able to return to Calgary, where he's newly accused of terrifying clerks at gunpoint. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Escapee caught Hospital escapee High risk offender escapes |
OTTAWA - There's an international transfer agreement of inmates between Canada and the US, as well as several other countries, with approval needed by both countries before an inmate is returned to their country of residence. (Sun Media) |
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Gangs working to corrupt jail guards WINNIPEG - Manitoba justice officials say there have been an increasing number of attempts by gang members to “corrupt” jail employees. (Winnipeg Free Press) PREVIOUS: Jail guards fired |
CALGARY - An Alberta judge looking into the death of a prisoner killed by rioting inmates said first-time federal convicts sould be taught how to follow the informal "con code." (CBC) REPORT: Jabs report .pdf Judge urges jail 'code' coaches |
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OTTAWA - The number of ex-cons seeking pardons has doubled as more employers and volunteer groups screen applicants for criminal records. (Sun Media) |
The Province has learned that there are at least 121 federal inmates, most of them violent or sexual offenders, who have legally changed their names in prison. (Vancouver Province) |
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MILLHAVEN INSTITUION - The Federal Court of Canada has awarded $12,000 in damages to an inmate who received minor injuries when he was stabbed in the buttocks with a plastic weapon after a dispute over telephone use at an Ontario prison. (National Post) |
Psychologist accused of aiding KINGSTON - A female psychologist working at Frontenac Institution, the minimum-security Kingston prison that a murderer fled a week ago, is accused of aiding his escape. (Sun Media) PREVIOUS: Arrest made Simply walked away Inmate escapes Killer escapes |
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New 'get out of jail free' card MONTREAL - Monopoly may have to add a new "Get out of Jail Free" card as a 195 kilogram (430lbs) Quebec prisoner was released early because his obese frame could not be accommodated. (CTV) MORE: Big House too small Prison weights heavily on "Big Mike' |
REGINA - At least 10 people have been released in error from Saskatchewan courts since 2006, including six in 2008 alone, according to figures from the provincial government. (Regina Leader-Post) PREVIOUS: Minister 'troubled' by mistakes Fallout |
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BOWDEN INSTITUTION - The decision to grant a prison day pass to a convicted mass murderer who just weeks ago was denied parole is sparking outrage among surviving family and a justice critic. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Families' torture will last the rest of their lives |
AGASSIZ - Some reports indicate Michael Andrew Gibbon, a Chilliwack area sexual offender, was beaten to death during the riot. (Chilliwack Times) PREVIOUS: Inmate killed in BC prison Sex offender dies during disturbance at prison Sex offender killed in B.C. prison riot |
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CALGARY - Bryan Andrew Casavant, 46, was sentenced Friday by provincial court Judge Stanley Peck to another 12 months in prison after pleading guilty to being unlawfully at large. (Calgary Herald) |
Attendant spots escaped prisoner VANCOUVER - The judge may not have recognized him, but a savvy gas station attendant blew the whistle on escaped prisoner Dean Sykes. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Sykes arrested ID switch |
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MONTREAL - Police arrested Krystof Masiak, an axe murderer who had escaped Thursday from the Philippe Pinel Institute, a psychiatric hospital in east-end Montreal. (Montreal Gazette) MORE: Police nab escaped axe-killer |
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day has favoured former police and corrections officers for new appointments to the National Parole Board since the Harper government took office in 2006, government records show. (CP) |
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VANCOUVER - An ex-convict has filed a human rights complaint against the prison system for allegedly denying him access to an aboriginal spiritual liaison while he was incarcerated. (Vancouver Sun) |
CALGARY - Prison staff were simply following a national directive to restrict granting inmates protective custody to discourage them from crying wolf, a fatality inquiry into a jailhouse riot death heard. (Calgary Herald) |
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OTTAWA - Donald Mongeon, 27, was brutally stabbed and killed at the Collins Bay Institution in January 1999. (CTV) MORE: Reward offered Fresh details emerge 'A normal night' on unit 1 Getting away with murder |
CALGARY - Bryan Andrew Casavan, a con artist who bilked women, seniors and terminally ill cancer patients of thousands of dollars will stay behind bars until at least November - when he is eligible for full parole. (CanWest) |
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VANCOUVER - Robert Gary Wallin is slated for release Jan. 18 after serving two-thirds of his sentence, in accordance with federal law. (Vancouver Province) PREVIOUS: Attack on Stanley Park jogger sends shiver around the world |
MONTREAL - Alice English smuggled drugs into Bordeaux jail inside coffee cans because inmates threatened to harm her family if she didn't, the ex-prison guard told police in a video shown at her trial. (Montreal Gazette) |
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WARKWORTH - Craig Morton Kimberley was found unresponsive on Wednesday at the Warkworth Institution and later pronounced dead in a Campbellford hospital. (CP) |
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'Catch-and-release' justice cheaper WINNIPEG - A city committee recently released a report that showed Winnipeg spends $1 million annually rearresting repeat criminals who violated bail provisions or conditional sentences, and another $500,000 to monitor chronic car thieves and high-risk sex offenders. The most recent Statistics Canada figures show that it would cost Manitoba $9 million annually to incarcerate those criminals. (Winnipeg Free Press) |
Criminal legal system being asked to provide what it can't VANCOUVER - BC Attorney-General Wally Oppal in his year-end interviews emphasized the need for reform and change to the legal system. Many judges, some his former bench mates, say they agree wholeheartedly. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Cell doors open too easily |
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SCC cuts award to prison victim OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has awarded $140,000 to a BC man who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of a jail guard - reducing the amount awarded by a lower court by almost half. (CP) |
Prisoners more violent than in the past: report OTTAWA - A new report finds that Canada's prison population is more violent and requires more intervention and rehabilitation strategies than in the past. (CTV) REPORT: CSC Review panel |
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Inmates die as officials dither OTTAWA - The federal corrections system is more concerned with bureaucracy than doing the heavy lifting needed to prevent deaths in Canada's prisons, Correctional Investigator Howard Sapers says. (Toronto Star) Improved senior management oversight Risk of suicides 'unacceptably high' |
Staff instructed not to stop attempts Ombudsman releases Smith report Guards failed to take proper action to save life A failure to respond .pdf |
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BOWDEN INSTITUTION - The decision to grant a prison day pass to a convicted mass murderer who just weeks ago was denied parole is sparking outrage among surviving family and a justice critic. Today, David Shearing will be allowed out on an escorted leave from Bowden Institution, near Red Deer, for four hours. (Calgary Herald) |
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VANCOUVER - Marcellus Jacob was at large after he walked away from a Vancouver-area halfway house on Sunday afternoon. (CBC) Dangerous offender walks off, again Escape highlights system flaw At risk |
Another high-risk offender walks off Killers, rapists not minimum risk Another convicted killer escapes |
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VANCOUVER - A prison in suburban Abbotsford was in lockdown Saturday after inmates set fires in the exercise yard to protest several issues, including press coverage of a story about the facility. (CBC) |
Babies being used to smuggle drugs Skip whistleblower and focus on prison drugs |
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Treatment jam-up delays parole Long waiting lists for federal inmates to receive treatment for their violent behaviour and addictions has meant more and more prisoners are walking out free without getting help for their problems, says the union representing Ontario's prison guards. (CBC) |
Correctional officers and their working conditions Tough job as prison guard getting tougher |
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CALGARY - Provincial court Judge Gary Cioni cited Catlin Cory Callahan's 49 prior convictions and the fact he was released from jail for breaking and entering just two weeks before the Feb. 17 carjacking as the primary reasons for imposing a 21/2-year prison sentence. (Calgary Herald) |
Jail didn't know Hyde was tasered HALIFAX - Corrections officials likely were not aware Howard Hyde had schizophrenia or that he had been Tasered the day before his death. (Halifax Day News) MORE: Corrections officials say staff acted properly Report exonerates staff in prison death |
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Escaped prisoner enjoys privacy rights DORCHESTER, NB - When a convicted murderer walked away from a New Brunswick prison Thursday, officials refused to release his photo, citing privacy rules. Under privacy rules, a photo of a convict can't be released unless he gives permission and signs a release form, said Corrections Canada, even if he breaks out of jail. (CanWest) |
Prison funding puts citizens at risk OTTAWA - The safety of Canadians is at risk because convicts leaving prison are increasingly likely to reoffend, thanks to a cash-strapped federal prison system that fails to deliver the programs inmates need to reintegrate into society, according to a new government report on the Correctional Service. (Edmonton Journal) REPORT: Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada 2006-2007 |
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Court lifts prison smoking ban A Federal Court judge ruled Friday that a sweeping ban on smoking inside and outside prison walls “simply goes too far.” (Montreal Gazette) |
Smoking ban makes hard cases go soft Police quell prisoner uprising at BC jail |
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Province defends remand centre CALGARY - Crowding inmates three at a time into cells built for two is an unfortunate but necessary upshot of a spike in offenders putting stress on the province's remand facilities, officials said Friday. (Calgary Herald) PREVIOUS: Sex attacker freed over jail squeeze |
Decision 2 years later: no charges EDMONTON - Inmate Todd Stevenson, 40, was beaten to death on Sept. 10, 2005, while in a unit that housed 47 other men. "There were a number of suspects identified, but insufficient evidence," government spokesman Mark Cooper said. (Edmonton Journal) |
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Correctional services; key indicators In 2008/2009, Canada's incarceration rate increased 1% over the previous year, driven largely by the continued increase in the number of adults held in remand in provincial/territorial jails while awaiting trial or sentencing. On any given day in 2008/2009, an average of 37,425 adults and 1,898 youth in custody in Canada, for a total of 39,323 inmates. (Stats Can) |
Changing profile of adults in custody, 2006-07 Correctional services: key indicators 2006/07 Private security and public policing International perspective on criminal victimization Plans and priorities 2007-2008 |
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Too bad you're not a teen killer, because then you'd be showered - thanks to the Canadian government - with more than $100,000 a year. It's called the Intensive Rehabilitative Custody and Supervision program or IRCS and for 24 of this country's worst youth offenders, the little-known federal justice program is akin to hitting the jackpot. (Sun Media) |
Cell mate a 'dangerous person' EDMONTON - An Edmonton rapist waiting to learn if he will be locked up indefinitely as a dangerous offender is suing the province for putting him in a cell with a “dangerous” person. Russell Ominayak, 28, was convicted by a jury of aggravated sexual assault in 2005 for breaking into a single mom’s south-side home and raping her at knifepoint. . (Edmonton Sun) |
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EDMONTON - In 2005-06 there were 5,424 prisoners freed on statutory release. But 41% of them didn’t make it through their statutory release time without botching things up. (Sun Media) |
BC surrendering parole decisions to feds VICTORIA - It's curtains for B.C.'s legacy of leniency, at least as it relates to our homegrown 20-member BC Parole Board. (Province) |
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Inmates escape; bring stolen goods back to jail DORCHESTER, NB - The RCMP say two inmates from Westmorland Institution appear to have escaped, broken into a home in neighbouring Dorchester and returned to jail with the stolen property. (CBC) |
Private prisons not on mandate OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day said privately run penitentiaries are out-of-bounds for a newly struck federal government panel which is reviewing the country's prison system. (CanWest) MORE: Correctional Service Canada review panel Deaths in custody |
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MIRAMICHI, NB - A former New Brunswick judge imprisoned for his role in defrauding the Miramichi Regional Health Authority of $1 million will be released from prison this week. (CBC) |
EDMONTON - A former guard at the Edmonton Remand Centre has been sentenced to five years in prison for smuggling drugs inside the jail for inmates. (Edmonton Journal) |
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VICTORIA - British Columbia must build more jails in 2007 because crowding in the corrections system has reached an unacceptable level, says John Les, solicitor general and minister of public safety. (Times Colonist) |
Accused believed to be ringleader WINNIPEG - One of four men charged in the 2005 slaying of inmate David Tavares at Stony Mountain Institution was the alleged ringleader of a mass gang fight at the medium-security jail only months earlier. (Free Press) |
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OTTAWA - For the past decade, a vast social experiment has been ongoing in Canada's criminal justice system, largely without Canadians' knowledge. In the mid-1990s, Ottawa and most of the provinces agreed that incarceration should be the exception rather than the rule for most criminals. (National Post) |
Prison review to follow legislation OTTAWA - The Conservative government is about to announce an expansive review of the inner workings of the federal prison system, with an eye to examining inmate programs, giving crime victims more say, enhancing protection for prison guards and tackling the spiralling problem of drugs. (CanWest) |
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Mountie seduced my wife: killer VANCOUVER - BC's most infamous doctor -- convicted of hiring a hit man to kill a 19-year-old patient accusing him of sexual assault -- wants an inquiry into RCMP conduct in his decade-old case because a Mountie seduced his wife who became the star prosecution witness. The notorious Joseph Charalambous, 53, and his lawyer have written to the Commission for Public Complaints about the officer who subsequently married his ex. (Vancouver Sun) |
Ombudsman accuses prison system OTTAWA - Canada's prison watchdog blasted the federal government on Monday for discriminating against aboriginal prisoners by putting a disproportionate number in maximum-security penitentiaries and segregation, keeping them jailed longer, and failing to provide proper programs to help them survive when they leave. (CanWest) REPORT: Annual report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator of Canada 2005-2006 |
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VANCOUVER - A violent offender who disappeared from his Vancouver halfway house Wednesday morning is back behind bars after a 57-year-old woman botched his attempt to hold up a convenience store. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Police getting involved in BC halfway house security Kamloops Mounties nab newly released sex offender |
Death-row dogs get prison rehab VANCOUVER - Spud, a six-month-old mutt with serious "dominance issues," was facing death row at the Langley Animal Protection Society. But he, and another 12 dogs, were thrown a bone Wednesday when they were given a prison sentence for behavioural problems at a human jail. His new trainers are also behind bars. (Vancouver Sun) |
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Judge awards former inmate $728,000 for brutal beating OTTAWA - The federal government has paid $728,000 to a former young offender for a brutal beating into near blindness at a federal penitentiary while he was serving a manslaughter sentence for his role in the shooting of an Edmonton cab driver. (CanWest) |
DORCHESTER, N.B. - Two inmates have escaped from a minimum-security prison in New Brunswick. Officials at the Westmorland Institution in Dorchester say they're looking for James Lahey, 28, and William Miller, 42. Including Miller and Lahey, six prisoners have escaped from Westmorland this year. (CTV) |
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Killer moved to victims' community VANCOUVER - Corrections Canada is under attack for sending Abbotsford killer Terry Driver to a prison in Abbotsford, the same community where his victims' families still live. (Province) |
VANCOUVER - One of Ontario's most wanted criminals was captured when a BC dad went looking for the man who sexually assaulted his 16-year-old daughter. (Vancouver Province) |
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OTTAWA - Marty Ferrier, a convicted sex offender once bent on becoming the country's "most prolific killer," walked out of prison Wednesday with no supervision or special conditions attached to his freedom. Having served his full sentence, Ferrier walked out of Warkworth Institution in Campbellford, Ont., a free man. (CanWest) PREVIOUS: Monster in the family |
MISSION, B.C. - The man convicted in the savage murder of teenager Reena Virk hugged her parents yesterday after the National Parole Board granted him unescorted temporary passes. Warren Glowatski's parole hearing included an aboriginal healing circle attended by Reena's parents. (CP) PREVIOUS: The murder or Reena Virk |
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Government powerless OTTAWA - There is little the government can do to prevent the personal items of notorious criminals from reaching memorabilia sellers and collectors if they come from outside the prison system, says an official in Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day's office. (CP) |
Olson grandstands at parole hearing Olson parole hearing reopens old wounds How to help the Justice system stop lying Section 745.6 - The 'Faint Hope Clause' |
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Classification of aboriginal woman prisoners challenged VANCOUVER - A BC aboriginal woman has launched a class-action lawsuit against the Correctional Service of Canada over the classification of all aboriginal women serving time in federal jails. (CBC) |
Inmate count doesn't count inmates VANCOUVER - A federal parolee who walked away from a halfway house in Vancouver was not missed for several hours because the facility's "client count" did not involve actually counting the parolees, according to an internal investigation report. (Vancouver Sun) |
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EDMONTON - Convicted cop killer Albert Foulston is now a free man after being released from prison. (CTV) MORE: Stelmach slams release Killer gets freedom Statutory release Cop killer denied parole |
VANCOUVER - In a small, windowless interview room at the Vancouver lockup, a police officer and a suspect sit down for a chat. (Vancouver Sun) PREVIOUS: Making the time fit the crime Our farcical parole laws |
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Stabbing victim's family suing parole board HAMILTON - The family of a woman brutally attacked in Hamilton two years ago is suing federal officials and the convicted offender who attacked her for the loss of her “guidance, care and companionship.” (Hamilton Spectator) PREVIOUS: Gardiner 'cheerful' before his parole National Parole Board sees nothing wrong with day parole system |
Fujii to be deported for letting kids die CALGARY - The National Parole Board informed Rie Fujii on Wednesday that when her statutory release date kicks in on Monday, immigration authorities will pick her up and begin the process to get her out of Canada. (CP) PREVIOUS: Freed killer riles ex-cop 'I tried my best to become a good mother to my babies' Father tried to visit babies |
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Stabbing brings two-year sentence HAMILTON - Brian Kosh, 21, pleaded guilty yesterday to stabbing 22-year-old Michael Riley, four times - once in the neck and three times in the back. Kosh, who has 17 prior convictions, was also sentenced to three years' probation. (Hamilton Spectator) |
STONY PLAIN - Two years before he and an RCMP officer died in a shootout, Martin Ostopovich discharged himself from the mental-health unit of the Royal Alexandra Hospital against doctors' recommendations, a fatality inquiry heard Wednesday. (Edmonton Journal) |
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Drug dealer serves just one-sixth of sentence VANCOUVER - Some first time offenders are better off being sentenced to federal prison time. (Delta Optimist) |
Man admits to breaching sentence conditions 116 times WINNIPEG - A Winnipeg man pleaded guilty yesterday to breaching his conditional sentence 116 times. (mikeoncrime.com) |
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GRANBY - Court documents show that Mr. Condo, 42, who is set to be released from prison Monday to a Granby, Que., halfway house under several strict conditions, initially fought against the order requested by his ex-wife, Yvonne McGuire, before changing his mind several days later. In 2000, Mr. Condo was convicted for the kidnapping and aggravated assault of Ms. McGuire. (Ottawa Citizen) |
High risk sex offender back to jail VANCOUVER- Richard Hector Major has pleaded guilty to breaching the conditions of his peace bond. Less than a month after his release for that crime, Major attacked a pregnant woman in Vancouver, according to court documents, so he'd be sent back to jail before he killed someone. (CKNW) PREVIOUS: Freed rapist warns court he'll kill next Rapist 'will do anything to get back to prison' |
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Feds to finance parole hearing trips OTTAWA - Victims of crime will soon have federal help to attend parole board hearings. Beginning Nov. 1, victims can apply for financial assistance to travel to the hearings of the criminal who harmed them or a relative. (CP) |
Parolee demands judge send him back to pen REGINA - A suspect in a Wednesday afternoon shooting has asked a judge to remand him to a federal penitentiary so he can't escape from custody or injure anyone else. (The Leader Post) |
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Hospital probes allegation nurses refused care MONTREAL - A Montreal hospital is investigating allegations that one or more of its staff members may have refused care to Karla Homolka before she gave birth to a baby boy last Saturday, the president of Quebec's professional nurses order said Friday. (CanWest) |
Bernardo confesses to more sex assaults Homolka wins appeal on conditions Former Homolka boss give recordings to police Ex-boss denies he tried to set Homolka up Karla Homolka's request for media ban rejected Homolka longs to be the girl next door Chronology of the Bernardo/Homolka case Crime Library: Bernardo & Homolka |
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Repeat-offender rate four times higher than reported The number of repeat offenders in Canada is nearly four times as high as the official figure issued by the federal government, a Vancouver Sun investigation reveals. (Vancouver Sun) MORE: Corrections Canada Success: Only 40-50% re-offend |
Over 190 convictions and no end in sight VANCOUVER - When Kevin Morgan was arrested in the back room of a Main Street restaurant on June 14, he was still wearing his prison-issue Velcro shoes. (Province) PREVIOUS: A haven for chronic offenders Justice system has no answers for dealing with chronic offender |
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STE. ANNE DES PLAINES, Que. - Despite representing what the National Parole Board considers to be a high risk to re-offend as a high-level drug smuggler, the son of West End Gang leader Gerry Matticks will be released on day parole soon. (Gazette) RELATED: Prison faces gang warfare |
VANCOUVER - The man accused of killing popular Vancouver artist and skateboarder Lee Matasi outside a Vancouver nightclub has been granted bail. Dennis Robert White, 28, who is charged with second-degree murder, has been released into the custody of his mother. (CBC) MORE: Courts 'trying to download policing' |
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Convicted killer writing memoirs REGINA - Convicted killer Colin Thatcher - who a year ago said he had "no ambitions but to be a subservient cowhand" - is back in the spotlight after announcing plans for a book about his life. (CanWest) |
Deadmonton: Colin Thatcher documents Colin Thatcher granted day parole |
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Victim upset attacker is returning to her town HOLLAND LANDING, Ont. - A sexual assault victim is living in fear tonight, after learning the man who brutally attacked her is out of prison and back in her southern Ontario hometown. (CTV) |
Alleged attacker granted bail again VANCOUVER - Patrick Gregory Adamczewski, 19, was most recently involved in an incident in Burnaby Sept. 1 and is charged with breaching bail conditions set in relation to charges laid in Richmond. (Richmond News) |
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Adult court cases taking more time OTTAWA - The wheels of criminal justice are grinding ever slower in the country's adult courts, finds a Statistics Canada study. In 2006-2007, it took an average of eight months to complete a case, compared to six months five years earlier, the agency said Tuesday. Although complexity is rising, fewer cases are being handled by the courts. The courts handled just over 372,000 cases in 2006-07, a decrease of 7% compared to five years earlier. (CTV) Say you’re sorry and plead guilty, it’s worth a 1/3 sentence reduction Victimization & offending in the North 2004-2005 National crime prevention strategy |
The growth in imprisonment of women 1977-2004 Thousands charged, few convicted Women commit 21%, men 79% Study Canada Adult criminal court statistics Adult court statistics 2006/2007 Adult correctional services 2005/2006 Adult correctional services 2004/2005 Adult correctional services 2003/2004 Adult correctional services 2002/2003 Adult correctional services 2001/2002 Huge increase in prisoners on remand What convicts want to see on TV Brief summary of research on prison &crime |
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YCJA killer goes to the big house KINGSTON - Justin Morton has now been transferred to the maximum-security range of a federal prison near Kingston, Ont. Morton, now 20, was the first youth in Canada to be sentenced as an adult for murder under the Youth Criminal Justice Act. (Toronto Star) |
'I don't know how we deal with it' Teen’s killer moved to adult prison Twisted kid's case a legal joke Crown must prove teens deserve adult sentences Drug-related youth crimes nearly double SCC to rule on rights of 'mature minors' Youth custody and community services |
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'Balaclava Rapist' broke parole VANCOUVER - A new parole board report suggests Takahashi has been drinking, lying to his parole officer by filling in a log book improperly and socializing with other sex offenders. (CTV) |
Edmonton rapist now living in BC halfway house Family wonders how killer got multiple paroles |
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Prisons need needle exchange programs Prisons suffering 'wear and tear' More arrests for breach of probation Monitoring sex offenders not working: report BC to close halfway house tied to murders 'High risk' parolee charged with BC murder The John Howard Society of Canada I didn’t do it. It wasn’t me. It’s not my fault Corrections Canada just doesn't get it |
Prisoners provided with safe, hygienic tattoos Crime on the rise for criminals behind bars Prison workers want safer workplaces Parole reform gives victims new voice Ontario gives TO money for sex offender list Alberta High Risk offenders list SK launches high-risk offender website Corrections Canada unveils new parolee database Canadian jails: Criminals keep out Canadian sentences add up to nothing |
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