Bill 130 explained in plain English
Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2015
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 130 requires inmates to sign parole certificates and mandates electronic monitoring for some offenders, while modifying the Ministry of Correctional Services Act.
This bill amends the Ministry of Correctional Services Act concerning parole. It introduces a requirement for inmates to sign their parole certificate before release, revoking the previous discretion of the Ontario Parole Board to release inmates without a signed certificate under exceptional circumstances. Additionally, it mandates electronic monitoring for inmates convicted of sexual or domestic violence who are granted parole, unless they pose no safety risk to their victim. The bill also allows for regulations to prescribe further requirements for electronic monitoring.
- Requires inmates to sign their parole certificate to be released on parole.
- Removes the Ontario Parole Board's ability to release an inmate without a signed parole certificate due to compelling or exceptional circumstances.
- Mandates electronic monitoring for inmates granted parole who committed sexual or domestic violence, unless they do not pose a safety risk to their victim.
- Allows for regulations to establish requirements for electronic monitoring.
- Amends the Ministry of Correctional Services Act.
- Inmates granted parole
- The Ontario Parole Board
- Victims of sexual or domestic violence
- Inmates granted parole must sign their parole certificate.
- Inmates convicted of sexual or domestic violence granted parole may be subject to electronic monitoring.
- The Ontario Parole Board must impose electronic monitoring for certain offenders unless they pose no safety risk.
- The Act comes into force three months after receiving Royal Assent.
- The bill mentions that regulations may prescribe other requirements for electronic monitoring, which could have financial implications, but specific details are not provided in the text.
- Failure to sign a parole certificate means an inmate will not be released on parole.
- The bill does not explicitly state penalties for non-compliance with electronic monitoring requirements, but regulations may be created to define these.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes 'compelling or exceptional circumstances' for waiving the parole certificate signing requirement, as this discretion is being removed.
- The bill does not define 'sexual violence' or 'domestic violence' offences.
- The criteria for determining if an inmate poses a 'safety risk to the victim' for electronic monitoring purposes are not detailed.
- Specific details regarding the types of electronic monitoring and associated requirements are to be prescribed by regulation.
- The bill does not state the exact date of Royal Assent, only that the commencement is three months after it.
This Act is amended to introduce new conditions for parole and electronic monitoring, and to change the requirements for signing parole certificates.
Source: Sections 1, 2, and 3
This clause, which allowed the Ontario Parole Board discretion to release inmates without a signed certificate in compelling or exceptional circumstances, is removed and replaced.
Source: Section 1
This subsection is amended to allow for the imposition of requirements on inmates granted parole who are subject to electronic monitoring.
Source: Section 3
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