Summary
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The Corrections and Conditional Release Act (CCRA) was enacted by the Canadian Parliament in 1992. It is the legislative foundation of federal corrections and conditional release. The Act stipulated a Parliamentary review in five years. In March 1998 the Solicitor General released a paper on the CCRA, a paper entitled Towards a just, peaceful and safe society: The Corrections and Conditional Release Act five years later. The paper provided information on key aspects of the CCRA based on a number of evaluation studies. With the release of the paper, the Solicitor General invited interested Canadians to comment on the CCRA. After a number of consultations following the March release of the paper, this document consists of a report on those consultations. It surveys participants’ perspectives on the CCRA and the following topics: public safety and reintegration; openness of information and processes and accountability; fair processes and equitable decisions; and special groups and special needs.
Link: www.psepc-sppcc.gc.ca/publications/corrections/ccra/consultation_e.asp
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