2016-2017 Performance Monitoring Report - Annex 3
FEDERAL RELEASES
Table 24. Federal Releases and Graduations
Release/Graduation Type | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
DP from institutions | 1,856 | 17 | 1,912 | 18 | 2,017 | 19 | 2,175 | 20 | 2,570 | 23 |
DP continued | 1,219 | 11 | 1,202 | 11 | 1,234 | 12 | 1,196 | 11 | 1,222 | 11 |
All day parole | 3,075 | 29 | 3,114 | 29 | 3,251 | 30 | 3,371 | 31 | 3,792 | 34 |
FP from institutions | 121 | 1 | 170 | 2 | 189 | 2 | 185 | 2 | 180 | 2 |
DP to FP | 894 | 8 | 927 | 9 | 953 | 9 | 1,108 | 10 | 1,275 | 11 |
All full parole | 1,015 | 10 | 1,097 | 10 | 1,142 | 11 | 1,293 | 12 | 1,455 | 13 |
SR from institutions | 5,555 | 52 | 5,636 | 52 | 5,339 | 50 | 5,271 | 48 | 4,829 | 44 |
DP to SR | 633 | 6 | 648 | 6 | 617 | 6 | 711 | 6 | 742 | 7 |
All statutory release | 6,188 | 58 | 6,284 | 58 | 5,956 | 56 | 5,982 | 54 | 5,571 | 50 |
WED to LTSO | 44 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 31 | 0 |
Graduations to LTSO | 16 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 0 | 24 | 0 |
All LTSO | 60 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 63 | 1 | 85 | 1 | 55 | 0 |
WED from institutions | 195 | 2 | 194 | 2 | 173 | 2 | 159 | 1 | 119 | 1 |
Other* | 97 | 1 | 105 | 1 | 118 | 1 | 117 | 1 | 105 | 1 |
Releases from institutions | 7,868 | 74 | 8,057 | 74 | 7,879 | 74 | 7,962 | 72 | 7,834 | 71 |
Graduations | 2,762 | 26 | 2,800 | 26 | 2,824 | 26 | 3,045 | 28 | 3,263 | 29 |
Offenders released from institutions |
7,165 | 7,327 | 7,252 | 7,319 | 7,303 | |||||
Offenders who graduated from one supervision period to another or to LTSO |
2,030 | 2,051 | 2,091 | 2,292 | 2,508 |
* ‘Other’ includes death, transfers to foreign countries, etc.
Note: The number of releases from institutions and graduations may be greater than the number of offenders released, as an offender could be released from the institution and graduate from one supervision period to another supervision period more than once during the same year.
Table 25. Federal Releases from Institution by Region
Release Type | Region | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
Day parole | Atlantic | 287 | 291 | 323 | 382 | 384 |
Quebec | 449 | 503 | 486 | 513 | 734 | |
Ontario | 339 | 386 | 385 | 485 | 537 | |
Prairies | 531 | 480 | 555 | 551 | 618 | |
Pacific | 250 | 252 | 268 | 244 | 297 | |
Canada | 1,856 | 1,912 | 2,017 | 2,175 | 2,570 | |
Full parole | Atlantic | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
Quebec | 25 | 41 | 21 | 32 | 24 | |
Ontario | 55 | 52 | 108 | 95 | 84 | |
Prairies | 19 | 28 | 31 | 34 | 44 | |
Pacific | 21 | 41 | 21 | 16 | 21 | |
Canada | 121 | 170 | 189 | 185 | 180 | |
Statutory release | Atlantic | 549 | 594 | 527 | 545 | 522 |
Quebec | 1,075 | 1,123 | 1,153 | 1,191 | 1,062 | |
Ontario | 1,417 | 1,365 | 1,184 | 1,109 | 974 | |
Prairies | 1,881 | 1,954 | 1,833 | 1,767 | 1,758 | |
Pacific | 633 | 600 | 642 | 659 | 513 | |
Canada | 5,555 | 5,636 | 5,339 | 5,271 | 4,829 | |
WED | Atlantic | 16 | 18 | 18 | 8 | 9 |
Quebec | 45 | 42 | 36 | 30 | 32 | |
Ontario | 35 | 39 | 50 | 39 | 27 | |
Prairies | 78 | 73 | 48 | 61 | 37 | |
Pacific | 21 | 22 | 21 | 21 | 14 | |
Canada | 195 | 194 | 173 | 159 | 119 | |
WED to LTSO | Atlantic | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 |
Quebec | 16 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 14 | |
Ontario | 16 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 7 | |
Prairies | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 4 | |
Pacific | 4 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 4 | |
Canada | 44 | 40 | 43 | 55 | 31 | |
All releases from institutions | Atlantic | 859 | 918 | 889 | 953 | 933 |
Quebec | 1,625 | 1,747 | 1,750 | 1,804 | 1,902 | |
Ontario | 1,898 | 1,882 | 1,770 | 1,793 | 1,654 | |
Prairies | 2,539 | 2,571 | 2,495 | 2,442 | 2,483 | |
Pacific | 947 | 939 | 975 | 970 | 862 | |
Canada | 7,868 | 8,057 | 7,879 | 7,962 | 7,834 |
Note: The totals include other types of releases from institutions such as transfers to foreign countries, death etc.
Table 26. Graduations from Federal Supervision Periods by Region
Graduation Type | Region | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
Day parole continued | Atlantic | 62 | 72 | 60 | 86 | 75 |
Quebec | 343 | 341 | 393 | 295 | 321 | |
Ontario | 261 | 264 | 254 | 254 | 275 | |
Prairies | 280 | 255 | 260 | 296 | 282 | |
Pacific | 273 | 270 | 267 | 265 | 269 | |
Canada | 1,219 | 1,202 | 1,234 | 1,196 | 1,222 | |
Day parole to full parole | Atlantic | 157 | 166 | 153 | 202 | 240 |
Quebec | 236 | 256 | 263 | 284 | 364 | |
Ontario | 141 | 139 | 187 | 242 | 286 | |
Prairies | 270 | 227 | 241 | 276 | 281 | |
Pacific | 90 | 139 | 109 | 104 | 104 | |
Canada | 894 | 927 | 953 | 1,108 | 1,275 | |
Day parole to statutory release | Atlantic | 67 | 84 | 69 | 95 | 74 |
Quebec | 169 | 147 | 172 | 198 | 210 | |
Ontario | 143 | 167 | 149 | 145 | 168 | |
Prairies | 167 | 156 | 137 | 184 | 175 | |
Pacific | 87 | 94 | 90 | 89 | 115 | |
Canada | 633 | 648 | 617 | 711 | 742 | |
Graduations to LTSO | Atlantic | - | 2 | - | 4 | 1 |
Quebec | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 9 | |
Ontario | 2 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
Prairies | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 6 | |
Pacific | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
Canada | 16 | 23 | 20 | 30 | 24 | |
All graduations | Atlantic | 286 | 324 | 282 | 387 | 390 |
Quebec | 755 | 751 | 834 | 788 | 904 | |
Ontario | 547 | 577 | 594 | 646 | 735 | |
Prairies | 719 | 641 | 646 | 760 | 744 | |
Pacific | 455 | 507 | 468 | 464 | 490 | |
Canada | 2,762 | 2,800 | 2,824 | 3,045 | 3,263 |
Table 27. Federal Releases by Indigenous and Race (between 2012/13 and 2016/17)
Release Type | Indigenous | Asian | Black | White | Other | |||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
DP from institutions | 1,701 | 13 | 642 | 28 | 761 | 18 | 6,930 | 21 | 496 | 23 |
DP continued | 1,164 | 9 | 292 | 13 | 318 | 8 | 4,088 | 13 | 211 | 10 |
DP all | 2,865 | 23 | 934 | 40 | 1,079 | 26 | 11,018 | 34 | 707 | 33 |
FP from institutions | 73 | 1 | 116 | 5 | 149 | 4 | 423 | 1 | 84 | 4 |
DP to FP | 552 | 4 | 448 | 19 | 357 | 9 | 3,535 | 11 | 265 | 12 |
FP all | 625 | 5 | 564 | 24 | 506 | 12 | 3,958 | 12 | 349 | 16 |
SR from institutions | 8,091 | 64 | 664 | 29 | 2,199 | 53 | 14,760 | 46 | 916 | 43 |
DP to SR | 665 | 5 | 150 | 6 | 276 | 7 | 2,133 | 7 | 127 | 6 |
SR all | 8,756 | 69 | 814 | 35 | 2,475 | 60 | 16,893 | 52 | 1,043 | 49 |
WED | 353 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 382 | 1 | 28 | 1 |
WED (to LTSO) | 63 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 112 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
Graduation to LTSO | 37 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
LTSO all | 100 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 181 | 1 | 18 | 1 |
Total | 12,699 | 2,326 | 4,150 | 32,432 | 2,145 |
Note: Excluded releases from 2012/13 to 2016/17 were 10 transfers to foreign countries, 268 deceased and 264 'other' for a total of 542.
Table 28. Federal Releases by Gender (between 2012/13 and 2016/17)
Release Type | Male | Female | ||
# | % | # | % | |
DP from institutions | 9,509 | 19 | 1,021 | 27 |
DP continued | 5,560 | 11 | 513 | 14 |
DP all | 15,069 | 30 | 1,534 | 41 |
FP from institutions | 751 | 2 | 94 | 2 |
DP to FP | 4,683 | 9 | 474 | 13 |
FP all | 5,434 | 11 | 568 | 15 |
SR from institutions | 25,343 | 51 | 1,287 | 34 |
DP to SR | 3,006 | 6 | 345 | 9 |
SR all | 28,349 | 57 | 1,632 | 43 |
WED | 815 | 2 | 25 | 1 |
WED (to LTSO) | 207 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Graduation to LTSO | 108 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
LTSO all | 315 | 1 | 11 | 0 |
Total | 49,982 | 3,770 |
Note: Excluded releases from 2012/13 to 2016/17 were 10 transfers to foreign countries, 268 deceased and 264 ‘other’ for a total of 542.
Table 29. Federal Releases and Graduations by Offence Type
Release/ Graduation Type |
Year | Murder | Schedule I-Sex | Schedule I-Non-Sex | Schedule II | Non-Scheduled | |||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Releases from institutions on day parole | 2012/13 | 120 | 19 | 159 | 15 | 563 | 13 | 632 | 28 | 382 | 17 |
2013/14 | 110 | 17 | 167 | 15 | 563 | 13 | 690 | 28 | 382 | 16 | |
2014/15 | 142 | 20 | 141 | 14 | 594 | 14 | 781 | 30 | 359 | 17 | |
2015/16 | 123 | 18 | 193 | 19 | 661 | 15 | 819 | 30 | 379 | 18 | |
2016/17 | 148 | 21 | 235 | 22 | 803 | 18 | 939 | 33 | 445 | 22 | |
Day parole continued | 2012/13 | 424 | 66 | 91 | 9 | 313 | 7 | 251 | 11 | 140 | 6 |
2013/14 | 417 | 65 | 82 | 8 | 307 | 7 | 257 | 10 | 139 | 6 | |
2014/15 | 419 | 60 | 99 | 10 | 331 | 8 | 254 | 10 | 131 | 6 | |
2015/16 | 427 | 61 | 97 | 10 | 312 | 7 | 237 | 9 | 123 | 6 | |
2016/17 | 417 | 59 | 113 | 11 | 354 | 8 | 242 | 8 | 96 | 5 | |
Releases from institutions on full parole | 2012/13 | 7 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 31 | 1 |
2013/14 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 30 | 1 | 62 | 2 | 49 | 2 | |
2014/15 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 97 | 4 | 35 | 2 | |
2015/16 | 12 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 1 | 90 | 3 | 36 | 2 | |
2016/17 | 13 | 2 | 21 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 73 | 3 | 36 | 2 | |
Graduations from day parole to full parole | 2012/13 | 73 | 11 | 74 | 7 | 213 | 5 | 369 | 16 | 165 | 7 |
2013/14 | 77 | 12 | 46 | 4 | 197 | 5 | 435 | 17 | 172 | 7 | |
2014/15 | 90 | 13 | 61 | 6 | 203 | 5 | 433 | 16 | 166 | 8 | |
2015/16 | 99 | 14 | 75 | 7 | 239 | 5 | 515 | 19 | 180 | 9 | |
2016/17 | 106 | 15 | 122 | 11 | 298 | 7 | 542 | 19 | 207 | 10 | |
Releases from institutions on statutory release | 2012/13 | - | - | 501 | 49 | 2,871 | 66 | 817 | 36 | 1,366 | 60 |
2013/14 | 6 | 1 | 574 | 53 | 2,811 | 66 | 865 | 34 | 1,380 | 59 | |
2014/15 | 3 | 0 | 497 | 51 | 2,710 | 64 | 880 | 33 | 1,249 | 59 | |
2015/16 | 6 | 1 | 442 | 43 | 2,785 | 63 | 852 | 31 | 1,186 | 56 | |
2016/17 | 1 | 0 | 425 | 40 | 2,561 | 57 | 828 | 29 | 1,014 | 51 | |
Graduations from day parole to statutory release | 2012/13 | - | - | 71 | 7 | 248 | 6 | 168 | 7 | 146 | 6 |
2013/14 | 1 | 0 | 92 | 8 | 224 | 5 | 191 | 8 | 140 | 6 | |
2014/15 | - | - | 64 | 7 | 255 | 6 | 178 | 7 | 120 | 6 | |
2015/16 | - | - | 82 | 8 | 255 | 6 | 226 | 8 | 148 | 7 | |
2016/17 | - | - | 79 | 7 | 282 | 6 | 236 | 8 | 145 | 7 | |
Releases from institutions at WED | 2012/13 | - | - | 67 | 7 | 109 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 1 |
2013/14 | - | - | 65 | 6 | 111 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 1 | |
2014/15 | - | - | 60 | 6 | 97 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 1 | |
2015/16 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 5 | 93 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 1 | |
2016/17 | - | - | 38 | 4 | 78 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
Releases from institutions to LTSO | 2012/13 | - | - | 19 | 2 | 22 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 0 |
2013/14 | - | - | 23 | 2 | 17 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
2014/15 | - | - | 21 | 2 | 21 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
2015/16 | - | - | 29 | 3 | 26 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
2016/17 | - | - | 18 | 2 | 12 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
Graduations to LTSO | 2012/13 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 |
2013/14 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 11 | 0 | - | - | - | - | |
2014/15 | - | - | 12 | 1 | 5 | 0 | - | - | 3 | 0 | |
2015/16 | - | - | 18 | 2 | 11 | 0 | - | - | 1 | 0 | |
2016/17 | - | - | 11 | 1 | 13 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
Note 1: Offenders serving sentences for murder on statutory release and those released at WED include federal offenders serving determinate sentences for offences of first and second degree murder convicted under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, as well as those serving determinate sentences for second degree murder that were transfers from the United States.
Note 2: Category ‘Other’ (transfers to foreign countries, deceased etc) was used in calculations but not shown in the table.
Table 30. Proportions of Federal Releases and Graduations by Offence Type (%)
Release/ Graduation Type | Offence Type | 2012/13 | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 |
Releases from institutions on day parole |
Murder | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
Schedule I-sex | 9 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 9 | |
Schedule I-non-sex | 30 | 29 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
Schedule II | 34 | 36 | 39 | 38 | 37 | |
Non-scheduled | 21 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 17 | |
Day parole continued |
Murder | 35 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 34 |
Schedule I-sex | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | |
Schedule I-non-sex | 26 | 26 | 27 | 26 | 29 | |
Schedule II | 21 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 20 | |
Non-scheduled | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 8 | |
Releases from institutions on full parole |
Murder | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
Schedule I-sex | 17 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | |
Schedule I-non-sex | 12 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 21 | |
Schedule II | 39 | 36 | 51 | 49 | 41 | |
Non-scheduled | 26 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 20 | |
Graduations from day parole to full parole |
Murder | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
Schedule I-sex | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 10 | |
Schedule I-non-sex | 24 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 | |
Schedule II | 41 | 47 | 45 | 46 | 43 | |
Non-scheduled | 18 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | |
Releases from institutions on statutory release |
Murder | - | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schedule I-sex | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | |
Schedule I-non-sex | 52 | 50 | 51 | 53 | 53 | |
Schedule II | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 17 | |
Non-scheduled | 25 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 21 | |
Graduations from day parole to statutory release |
Murder | - | 0 | - | - | - |
Schedule I-sex | 11 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 11 | |
Schedule I-non-sex | 39 | 35 | 41 | 36 | 38 | |
Schedule II | 27 | 29 | 29 | 32 | 32 | |
Non-scheduled | 23 | 22 | 19 | 21 | 20 |
Note 1: The proportion is calculated by offence type and applied to each type of release/graduation.
Note 2: Offenders serving sentences for murder on statutory release include federal offenders serving determinate sentences for offences of first and second degree murder convicted under the provisions of the Youth Criminal Justice Act, as well as those serving determinate sentences for second degree murder that were transfers from the United States.
Table 31. Federal Releases to Statutory Release in Relation to Prior Consideration for Parole Release
Year | Type | Atlantic | Quebec | Ontario | Prairies | Pacific | Canada | ||||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
2012/13 | Parole granted/directed | 209 | 34 | 331 | 27 | 300 | 19 | 512 | 25 | 208 | 29 | 1,560 | 25 |
Parole denied/not directed | 135 | 22 | 406 | 33 | 398 | 26 | 647 | 32 | 178 | 25 | 1,764 | 29 | |
No prior parole decision | 272 | 44 | 507 | 41 | 862 | 55 | 889 | 43 | 334 | 46 | 2,864 | 46 | |
2013/14 | Parole granted/directed | 221 | 33 | 330 | 26 | 313 | 20 | 495 | 23 | 182 | 26 | 1,541 | 25 |
Parole denied/not directed | 150 | 22 | 378 | 30 | 353 | 23 | 627 | 30 | 147 | 21 | 1,655 | 26 | |
No prior parole decision | 307 | 45 | 562 | 44 | 866 | 57 | 988 | 47 | 365 | 53 | 3,088 | 49 | |
2014/15 | Parole granted/directed | 158 | 27 | 333 | 25 | 284 | 21 | 442 | 22 | 183 | 25 | 1,400 | 24 |
Parole denied/not directed | 134 | 22 | 413 | 31 | 251 | 19 | 517 | 26 | 154 | 21 | 1,469 | 25 | |
No prior parole decision | 304 | 51 | 579 | 44 | 798 | 60 | 1,011 | 51 | 395 | 54 | 3,087 | 52 | |
2015/16 | Parole granted/directed | 206 | 32 | 304 | 22 | 257 | 20 | 454 | 23 | 200 | 27 | 1,421 | 24 |
Parole denied/not directed | 95 | 15 | 457 | 33 | 191 | 15 | 455 | 23 | 137 | 18 | 1,335 | 22 | |
No prior parole decision | 339 | 53 | 628 | 45 | 806 | 64 | 1,042 | 53 | 411 | 55 | 3,226 | 54 | |
2016/17 | Parole granted/directed | 225 | 38 | 302 | 24 | 278 | 24 | 437 | 23 | 196 | 31 | 1,438 | 26 |
Parole denied/not directed | 70 | 12 | 340 | 27 | 173 | 15 | 404 | 21 | 106 | 17 | 1,093 | 20 | |
No prior parole decision | 301 | 51 | 630 | 50 | 691 | 61 | 1,092 | 56 | 326 | 52 | 3,040 | 55 |
Note: Includes releases on statutory release directly from institutions and graduations from day parole to statutory release.
Table 32. Federal Releases at Warrant Expiry in Relation to Prior Consideration for Parole Release
Year | Type | Atlantic | Quebec | Ontario | Prairies | Pacific | Canada | ||||||
# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
2012/13 | Parole granted/directed | - | - | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
Parole denied/not directed | 6 | 35 | 12 | 20 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 4 | 16 | 40 | 17 | |
No prior parole decision | 11 | 65 | 47 | 77 | 47 | 92 | 64 | 75 | 20 | 80 | 189 | 79 | |
2013/14 | Parole granted/directed | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Parole denied/not directed | 2 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 17 | |
No prior parole decision | 18 | 90 | 44 | 81 | 43 | 83 | 63 | 78 | 22 | 81 | 190 | 81 | |
2014/15 | Parole granted/directed | - | - | 3 | 6 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 2 |
Parole denied/not directed | 2 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 23 | 11 | |
No prior parole decision | 17 | 89 | 42 | 84 | 58 | 89 | 50 | 94 | 22 | 76 | 189 | 88 | |
2015/16 | Parole granted/directed | 1 | 13 | 2 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
Parole denied/not directed | - | - | 6 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 25 | 12 | |
No prior parole decision | 7 | 88 | 39 | 83 | 51 | 89 | 63 | 90 | 24 | 75 | 184 | 86 | |
2016/17 | Parole granted/directed | 1 | 9 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Parole denied/not directed | - | - | 4 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | |
No prior parole decision | 10 | 91 | 42 | 91 | 29 | 85 | 37 | 90 | 15 | 83 | 133 | 89 |
Note: Includes releases directly from institutions at warrant expiry and releases at warrant expiry onto long-term supervision orders.
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