Tim and Doug: Part 1: Lifers Experience an Ottawa Halfway House

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English - March 16, 2020 20:16 - 24 minutes - 22.3 MB
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This episode highlights both the opportunities and challenges for lifers coming into communities and raises some important issues:

a. how important are halfway house placements providing stable housing, support and supervision in easing the difficulties of returning to communities?

b. why was the progress of a prisoner in the youth correctional system not taken into account when he aged into the adult correctional system and placed in maximum security?

c. what are the implications of individual parole officers having such a role in the speed lifers move into communities and whether they stay in there?

d. why do minimum institutions within the same regions have such different requirements before being supported for parole?

Noted positive acknowledgement of Boston Pizza, Kingston Police, parole officer at Frontenac Institution and other parole officers for their dealings with these men.