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The Parole Board of Canada (French: Commission des libérations conditionnelles du Canada; formerly known as the National Parole Board) is the Canadian government agency that is responsible for reviewing and issuing parole and criminal pardons in Canada. It operates under the auspices of Public Safety Canada.
Frank P. Miller (1912–Feb 8, 2000) [1] [2] was a major figure in criminal-justice reform in Canada who helped create the modern parole system. He served as executive director of the National Parole Service, president of the Canadian Criminal Justice Association, and was a founding member of the Parole Board of Canada.
Also, the Ontario Parole Board can also authorize the re-committal of parolees to custody, lift one's parole suspension, or cancel a temporary absence it has granted. [7] [8] Parole is a conditional release from a correctional institution. [9] If a parolee breaches a condition of their parole, then the parole may be suspended or revoked. [10]
Cenaiko was elected to his second term as member of the Legislative Assembly for the riding of Calgary-Buffalo on November 22, 2004. On November 25, 2004, he was sworn in as Alberta's Solicitor General. He did not seek re-election in the 2008 election. [4] Harvey is now the Chair of the National Parole Board of Canada.
Every U.S. state also has a parole board. The autonomy of the board from the state governor also varies; in some states the boards are more powerful than in others. In some states the board is an independent agency while in others it is a body of the department of corrections. In 44 states, the parole members are chosen by the governor.
Former Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board members Ed Konieczny, left, and Calvin Prince talk during a clemency hearing for Richard Glossip in August 2023.
former Member of Parliament (Madawaska-Restigouche), former Member of the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick; member of the Parole Board of Canada Patsy Gallant: singer: 1948: popular singer and musical theatre actress Chuck Guité: civil servant: 1943: civil servant John LeBlanc: sports: 1964
At the time of his appointment to the Senate he was a part-time member of the Parole Board of Canada. [ 5 ] In the early 1990s he returned to Montreal to become vice-president of Maxwell Cummings and Sons, a family-owned private real estate and investment firm based in Montreal, a position he held for 23 years.