Completed Access to Information Requests

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Search the summaries of completed Access to Information (ATI) requests to find information about ATI requests made to the Government of Canada after January 2020. If you find a summary of interest, you can request a copy of the records at no cost using the form below each summary. Requests made through this form are considered informal requests and are not subject to the same requirements as requests under the Access to Information Act (ATIA). For additional information, please see the “About Access to Information Requests” webpage.

If you don’t find what you are looking for you can request additional government records under an institution’s control by contacting the institution’s Access to Information and Privacy Coordinator or by submitting a formal access to information request.

*All information provided will incorporate the necessary exemptions and exclusions as per the Access to Information Act and the Privacy Act.

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Found 20 record(s)

Req # A-2020-00035

Request for all correspondence between the PBC Chairperson and the Minister of Public Safety pertaining to how releases on parole and/or parole board hearings were affected by COVID-19 during the timeframe: March 1, 2020 to November 9, 2020

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

6 page(s)
December 2020

Req # A-2020-00040

I would like access to the following documents in machine-readable format: 1. any document describing the Risk Assessment Framework (RAF) used by the Board. 2. A copy of the PBC decisions for offenders who subsequently reoffended while on parole, since 2010. If it is not possible to obtain them in this manner, I would like to have the information necessary to complete the Decision Registry Request Form. 3. The list of recidivism risk assessment tools used by the Board (e.g. LS/CMI, SARA, RRASOR, SAPROF, Static-99, etc.). 4. The list of recidivism risk assessment tools used to specifically assess inmates who have committed sexual crimes, and those who have committed spousal violence. 5. Any document summarizing the mandatory training for Board members who are appointed at the Board. 6. The list of Board members who have served on the Board since 2010. For each Board member, the date of the beginning of his or her first term. If the Board member has left the PBC, the date of the end of his or her last term. 7. The percentage of female victims for: all male inmates in 2019, male inmates who were granted some form of parole in 2019, and male inmates who were denied parole in 2019.

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

46 page(s)
December 2020

Req # A-2020-00027

I would like to have access to the following document: Serin, R.C., Gobeil. R., & Sutton, J. (2008). Structured Parole Decision-Making Framework User Manual. National Parole Board of Canada. I would prefer the French version, but otherwise I can make do with the English version.

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

28 page(s)
November 2020

Req # A-2020-00024

(i) The total number of Parole Board of Canada decisions made between March 2019 and September 1,2019. (ii) The total number of Parole Board of Canada decisions made between March 2020 and September 1,2020. (iii)The number of Parole Board of Canada decisions made each week between March 1,2019 and September 1,2019. (iv) The number of Parole Board of Canada decisions made each week between March 1,2020 and September 1,2020. (v) The number of Parole Board of Canada decisions made since March 2020,where an offender was granted parole to an "other location" as defined in s.99 (1) of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.(Further defined in s.4.1 of the Terminology Section of the Decision-Making Policy Manual for Board Members)

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

4 page(s)
October 2020

Req # A-2020-0026

(1) The number of lifers, on their first parole hearing, who have been granted day parole since Jan 1/2016. (ii) The number of lifers, on their first parole hearing, who have been granted full parole since Jan1/2016. (iii) The number of lifers, by month, granted day parole since Sept 1/2019.(iv)The number of lifers, by month, granted full parole since Sept 1/2019.

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

2 page(s)
October 2020

Req # A-2020-00019

Per the Criminal Records Act, PBC reviews record suspension applications, investigates and makes decisions about granting record suspensions to Canadians who have convictions. Beyond the majority of such convictions, the Criminal Records Act lists specific offences-current and historical-in two Schedules to the Act (Schedule 1 and Schedule 2). Since March 13th,2012 individuals seeking record suspensions for Schedule 1 offences became ineligible unless exception criteria in the Act are met. Schedule 2 offence convictions may still be granted a record suspension the offence did not involve a child. Since 2012 and up to the present, by year, how many record suspensions for :1 )Excepted Schedule 1 convictions and 2) Schedule 2 convictions have been granted by the PBC? This information is requested in aggregate in the format of PBC's choosing but readable as a .pdf or excel document (examples) as derived from its records.

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

1 page(s)
September 2020

Req # A-2020-00017

All ProServices contracts issued in the National Capital Region for the months of April 2020,May 2020,& June 2020.Please provide copies of contracts and callups.

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

14 page(s)
August 2020

Req # A-2020-00012

We are looking for information regarding the following questions: 1. How many requests for releases from prison based on the royal prerogative of mercy have been made since 2005? We would like this data separated by the grounds of the application, who initiated the procedure, and what type of offence was the individual serving time for? 2. How many of these have been successful? We would like this data separated by the grounds of the application, who initiated the procedure, and what type of offence was the individual serving time for? 3. How many requests for respite have been made since 2005 based on RPM? On what grounds? We would like this data separated by the grounds of the application, who initiated the procedure, and what type of offence was the individual serving time for? 4. How many have been successful? On what grounds? We would like this data separated by the grounds of the application, who initiated the procedure, and what type of offence was the individual serving time for? 5. Has clemency ever been granted for a group of individuals as opposed to just an individual since 2005?

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

2 page(s)
July 2020

Req # A-2019-00035

I am applying under the Access to Information Act for the following records: The number of parolees who see sex workers, pay for sexual services or encounters, visit massage parlours, or meet women to have their sexual needs met, and the parole officer, case manager or parole board is aware of this and or has permitted this. Please include the offence or offences for which the offender was convicted, the status of their conditional release (for example: escorted or unescorted temporary absences, day parole or full parole) and their risk level of reoffending. Please provide me with any and all documents reports, correspondence, emails, briefing notes, interviews, statements, hearing decisions and communications records in anyway relating to the decision to allow, or the awareness of parolees to see sex workers, pay for sexual services or encounters, visit massage parlours, or meet women to have their sexual needs met. The time frame for this request is for the past five years, between February 1 ,2015 and February 1, 2020.

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

4 page(s)
June 2020

Req # A-2020-00003

Please provide all Task& Solutions Professional Services (TSPS) and Task Based Informations Professional Services (TBIPS) Supply Arrangement (SA) contracts and Standing Offer (SO) callups issued in the National Capital Region for the months of October 2019,November 2019,December 2019,January 2020,February 2020 & March 2020.Please provide copies of contracts and callups.

Organization: Parole Board of Canada

7 page(s)
June 2020
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