Somewhere along the line, where jails are concerned, the definition of “outbreak” became meaningless. In the early days of the pandemic, I recall both official memos from institutional authorities, and […]
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Court of Appeal Addresses Covid and Parole
I have been overdue to write something about this case for a long while. It’s the sort of case that says something very important and yet it’s hard to know […]
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Inmates Still Missing Access to Staff and Programs in Jail
The problems have been going on for so long inmates are starting to get used to it like it’s completely normal. No access to parole officers in jail, no access […]
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Parole Hearings by Remote
One side effect of Covid has been a wholesale shift to doing everything remotely that can possibly be done that way. Parole is no exception. Since March of 2020, hearings […]
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Covid has Changed Everything, and Nothing, About Parole
For the past nine or ten months, every client I’ve helped with parole has asked some version of this question. What does Covid mean for my chances at parole? Over […]
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Parole, Early Release, and Covid-19
I have been getting a lot of questions about early release from provincial jail in light of what’s going on with Covid-19. I’m getting calls from inmates in jail, from […]
read moreIntroduction to Parole – Part 1
Here’s the first in a planned series of videos. It’s hosted on my YouTube channel, but I’ll create space for them here, also.
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Referrals from lawyers continue – and are welcome!
In another sign about the growing importance of provincial parole, I’m getting steady referrals from fellow defence counsel who want the best for their clients who are going in. Of […]
read moreWith more parole comes more revocation hearings
Although it’s shockingly hard to obtain reliable stats about parole, anecdotal evidence as well as my own observations agree that it seems to be granted more easily lately. There’s no […]
read moreDo not waive parole hearings
I’m noticing a disturbing trend in both the provincial and the federal corrections systems. Prisoners are being asked, at an early stage, to waive their rights to parole hearings without […]
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