Thank you for that question.
We start the process 12 months before the eligibility date in terms of engaging with the offender. At that time, we engage them in discussion as to whether they're going to make an application for that first phase of screening. And if they indicate to us that they are, then, as I mentioned, we advise them to seek legal counsel. We advise them to make the proper request through access to information to get their file documentation. Then we'll start to work on the judicial review summary report, which takes us about six to eight weeks of parole officer time to complete.
That would be done during that 12-month period. So if 12 months before the eligibility date the offender indicates that he or she is going to make an application, our parole officers will start that process of gathering the information and starting to do the reports.
One of the things we do in terms of making sure that there is no bias in the writing of the reports is ask a parole officer who has not worked directly with the offender to do the preparation of the judicial review report.