An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts

Short title: Ending Early Release for Criminals and Increasing Offender Accountability Act Bill C-39 (40-3) Status: At consideration in committee in the House of Commons Type: House Government Bill Sponsor: Vic Toews, Minister of Public Safety (Provencher) Latest stage: Second reading Legislative

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summary is available.<br/>On June 15 2010, the Minister of Public Safety introduced Bill C-39, the Ending Early Release for Criminals and Increasing Offender Accountability Act, in the House of Commons and it was given first reading.<br/>The bill amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.

Among other things it:<br/>• Clarifies that the protection of society is the paramount consideration in the corrections process for the Correctional Service of Canada and the National Parole Board and the provincial parole boards. <br/>• Provides that a correctional plan is to include the level of intervention by the Service in respect of the offender’s needs and the objectives for the offender’s behaviour, their participation in programs and the meeting of their court-ordered obligations.<br/>• Expands the range of disciplinary offences to include intimidation, false claims and throwing a bodily substance.<br/>• Permits victims to make a statement at parole hearings.<br/>• Permits the disclosure to a victim of the name and location of the institution to which the offender is transferred, the reason for a transfer, information about the offender’s participation in programs and convictions for serious disciplinary offences and the reason for a temporary absence or a hearing waiver.<br/>• Eliminates accelerated parole review.<br/>• Provides for the automatic suspension of the parole or statutory release of offenders who receive a new custodial sentence and require the National Parole Board to review their case within a prescribed period.<br/>• Authorizes a peace officer to arrest without warrant an offender for a breach of a condition of their conditional release.</div> House of Commons — First reading: Completed (2010-06-15) House of Commons — Second reading: Completed (2010-10-20) House of Commons — Consideration in committee: No activity Full bill text is not included in the LEGISinfo JSON export.

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