Highlights 2017-2018
Official Title: Performance Monitoring Report 2017-2018, Highlights
From: Parole Board of Canada
| Highlights 2017/18 | |
| 0.8% increase in the federal offender population (the federal incarcerated population decreased 1.0% (to 13,385), while the federal conditional release population increased 3.3% (to 10,072). | 99.1% of federal day parole supervision periods completed without reoffending, a 0.3 percentage point increase compared to 2016/17. |
| 0.1% the rate of violent reoffending on federal day parole supervision periods in 2017/18. | |
| 15,299 reviews conducted by the Board, a decrease of 1% compared to the previous year. The number of federal reviews decreased 1% (to 14,650), as did the number of provincial reviews (-1%; to 649). Federal pre-release reviews for discretionary release increased 4% (to 6,497). | 98.3% of federal full parole supervision periods (for offenders serving determinate sentences) completed without reoffending, a 1.3 percentage point increase compared to 2016/17. |
| 0.2% the rate of violent reoffending on federal full parole supervision periods in 2017/18. | |
| 5,669 day parole release decisions rendered by the Board. The number of federal day parole release decisions increased 4% (to 5,223), and the number of provincial day parole release decisions decreased 8% (to 446). | 91.8% of statutory release supervision periods completed without reoffending, a decrease of 0.3 of a percentage point compared to 2016/17. |
| 0.9% the rate of violent reoffending on statutory release supervision periods in 2017/18. | |
| 79% grant rate for federal day parole, a 1.2 percentage point increase compared to 2016/17. | 33,370 PBC contacts with victims, an increase of 2% compared to 2016/17. |
| 69% grant rate for provincial day parole, an increase of 8.6 percentage points compared to 2016/17. | 4,992 observers at PBC hearings, an increase of 8% compared to 2016/17. |
| 4,538 full parole release decisions rendered by the Board. The number of federal full parole release decisions increased 4% (to 4,213), and the number of provincial full parole release decisions increased 17% (to 325) compared to 2016/17. | 328 presentations made by victims at PBC hearings, a 34% increase from 2016/17. |
| 5,039 decisions sent from the decision registry, an increase of 11% compared to 2016/17. | |
| 40% grant rate for federal full parole, a 2.8 percentage point increase compared to 2016/17. | 2,089 pardon decisions rendered by the Board: 94% pardons granted/issued and 6% pardons denied. |
| 38% grant rate for provincial full parole, a 1.8 percentage point increase compared to 2016/17. | 7,180 record suspension decisions rendered by the Board: 98% record suspensions ordered and 2% refused. |
| 1,835 residency conditions imposed on statutory release, a decrease of 10% compared to 2016/17. | 114 clemency cases being processed as of March 31, 2018. |
| 495 offenders on long-term supervision in the community (as of April 8, 2018). | |
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