Bill 96 explained in plain English
Ministry of Correctional Services Amendment Act (Parole), 2023
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 43rd Parliament, 1st Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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Bill 96 amends the Ministry of Correctional Services Act to require consideration of electronic monitoring for parolees convicted of sexual or domestic violence offences if they pose a risk to the victim.
This bill amends the Ministry of Correctional Services Act in Ontario. It introduces new provisions regarding parole for individuals convicted of sexual or domestic violence offences. Specifically, if an inmate granted parole is assessed as a risk to the victim, the parole board must consider electronic monitoring and may impose conditions related to it. The bill also allows for the prescription of conditions related to electronic monitoring for inmates granted parole.
- Amends the Ministry of Correctional Services Act to include provisions for electronic monitoring for certain parolees.
- Requires the parole board to consider electronic monitoring for inmates granted parole for sexual or domestic violence offences if they pose a safety risk to the victim.
- Allows the parole board to impose conditions related to electronic monitoring.
- Enables the Lieutenant Governor in Council to prescribe conditions for electronic monitoring for inmates granted parole.
- Specifies that these changes do not apply to inmates granted parole before the new provisions come into force.
- Inmates in Ontario sentenced for sexual or domestic violence offences who are granted parole.
- The Ontario parole board.
- Victims of sexual or domestic violence offences.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council.
- The parole board has an obligation to consider electronic monitoring for certain high-risk parolees.
- The parole board has the authority to impose electronic monitoring as a condition of parole.
- The Lieutenant Governor in Council has the authority to prescribe conditions for electronic monitoring.
- The Act comes into force three months after it receives Royal Assent.
- The specific conditions that may be imposed with respect to electronic monitoring are not detailed in the bill, but can be prescribed.
- The bill does not specify what constitutes an 'inmate sentenced for an offence that the Board considers to be an offence of sexual or domestic violence' beyond the categories mentioned.
- The determination of whether an inmate is a 'safety risk to the victim' is left to the Board's consideration.
Changes rules related to parole conditions, specifically introducing electronic monitoring considerations for certain offenders.
Source: Section 1, 2, 3
Modifies how parole is granted by making it subject to section 35.1, which relates to electronic monitoring considerations.
Source: Section 1
Adds the ability to prescribe conditions that may be imposed on inmates granted parole, including those subject to electronic monitoring.
Source: Section 3
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