Bill C-693 (Historical)

An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (authorized absences and work releases)

This bill was last introduced in the 41st Parliament, 2nd Session, which ended in August 2015.

Sponsor

LaVar Payne  Conservative

Introduced as a private member’s bill. (These don’t often become law.)

Status

Second reading (House), as of June 16, 2015
(This bill did not become law.)

Summary

This is from the published bill. The Library of Parliament often publishes better independent summaries.

This enactment amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act
(a) to modify the conditions relating to temporary escorted absences of all inmates and to work releases of inmates who are serving a sentence of imprisonment for life imposed as a minimum punishment; and
(b) to provide that medium security offenders are not eligible for unescorted temporary absences.

Elsewhere

All sorts of information on this bill is available at LEGISinfo, an excellent resource from the Library of Parliament. You can also read the full text of the bill.

Corrections and Conditional Release ActRoutine Proceedings

June 16th, 2015 / 10:05 a.m.


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Conservative

LaVar Payne Conservative Medicine Hat, AB

moved for leave to introduce Bill C-693, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act (authorized absences and work releases).

Mr. Speaker, it is an honour for me to introduce my first private member's bill in this 41st Parliament. The bill is an important piece of the puzzle to ensure we have fairness with respect to temporary escorted absences for those in the care of Correctional Service Canada. It is past time that we had a discussion on what precisely is good reason to grant those serving prison sentences temporary escorted absences.

My bill would amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act in a way that would modify the list of reasons why temporary escorted absences from prison are justified and granted.

Several years ago, our community was victimized by a convicted criminal who escaped from custody. The heartbreak that resulted should never happen again.

The bill applies specifically to high-risk offenders, as they are obviously most at risk of causing problems while away from prison. It would focus specifically on offenders classified in section 17 of the act.

I trust this will gain the support of members of the House.

I would like to thank my colleague, my brother, the member for Calgary Northeast.

(Motions deemed adopted, bill read the first time and printed)