Rick Sauvé: Part 1: From Prison to Living as a Lifer in the Community

This episodes raises some significant policy questions:

given that parole ineligibility periods are long in Canada and increasing with  back to back ineligibility periods, isn't the absence of some "faint hope clause" or some mechanism to override mandatory ineligibility periods cruel and unnecessary given that the person is under sentence for life regardless of where it is being served? See Senator Pate's Bill C-208 which proposes judicial discretion to reduce mandatory parole ineligibility periods?if a person has been  leading a positive and constructive life in the community for decades, shouldn't there be some relief from parole conditions and monitoring?shouldn't 'correctional plans' be adjusted to reflect that correctional objectives have been met and,  if not, that correctional objectives change as lifers age?

 

Learn more about Rick: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/rick-sauves-prisoner-coaching-program-life-line-faces-potential-cancellation/article37337967/