Conditional Release and Performance

Official Title: Performance Monitoring Report 2022-2023, Conditional Release and Performance - Long-Term Supervision
From: Parole Board of Canada

Long-Term Supervision

Table 146-150

The court may impose a long-term supervision order (LTSO), not exceeding 10 years, if it is satisfied that it would be appropriate to impose a sentence of two years or more for the offence of which the offender had been convicted, there is substantial risk that the offender will reoffend, and there is a reasonable possibility of eventual control of the risk in the community.

The Board may establish conditions for the long-term supervision of an offender that are considered reasonable and necessary in order to protect society and to facilitate the successful reintegration of the offender into society. A long-term supervision order, unlike other forms of conditional release, cannot be revoked by the Board. However, the Board can recommend that charges be laid under the Criminal Code if the offender has demonstrated by their behaviour that they present a substantial risk to the community because of a failure to comply with one or more conditions.

The first offender was released on a LTSO in 2000. Since then, the long-term population in the community has generally been increasing. However, it decreased from 534 to 510 in 2022-23 (-4.5%) compared to the previous fiscal year. Twenty-five (25) offenders were released on LTSO at warrant expiry in 2022-23 and 41 were released on long‑term supervision orders after reaching warrant expiry on conditional release.

Figure 34. Long-Term Supervision Population

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Figure 34. Long-Term Supervision Population
2013-14	388
2014-15	372
2015-16	448
2016-17	463
2017-18	495
2018-19	487
2019-20	514
2020-21	517
2021-22	534
2022-23	510

On April 9, 2023, 955 offenders had a long-term offender designation, which amounts to 4.4% of the total federal offender population. Of those:
- 353 offenders were still incarcerated;
- 4 were on day parole, 4 were on full parole and 82 were on statutory release prior to the commencement of their LTSOs;
- 504 were in the community under a long-term supervision order and;
- 8 had been deported/extradited upon their release (2 on SR and 6 on LTS).
In 2022-23:
- Most federal offenders on LTSOs were those sentenced for violent offences (94%).
- Caucasian offenders represented 57% of offenders on LTSOs, followed by Indigenous offenders (30%). These proportions are comparable to those observed over the last five fiscal years.
- Men offenders represented 97% of the long-term supervision population. This is also in keeping with the gender breakdown of the last five fiscal years.
Compared to the previous fiscal year, in 2022-23:
- the long-term supervision population increased in the Quebec (+2) and Prairie (+3) regions, and decreased in the Atlantic (-5), Ontario (-18) and Pacific (-6) regions;
- the Board rendered 711 decisions for offenders on LTSOs, a 1.0% decrease;
- most of the decisions were for post-release (87.6%); and
- a decrease was reported in the number of post-release (-9.1%) and pre-release (-7.2%) residency conditions imposed and prolonged.

Table 146. Long-Term Supervision Population
Fiscal Year	Atlantic	Quebec	Ontario	Prairies	Pacific	Canada
2013-14	18	135	115	56	64	388
2014-15	13	121	113	59	66	372
2015-16	15	139	143	60	91	448
2016-17	17	150	152	61	83	463
2017-18	17	159	159	75	85	495
2018-19	13	161	161	75	77	487
2019-20	17	175	157	80	85	514
2020-21	16	175	161	79	86	517
2021-22	18	174	169	81	92	534
2022-23	13	176	151	84	86	510

Note: Excluded as of April 9, 2023: 12 offenders on LTSOs who were UAL (Ontario (3), Prairie (3), and Pacific (6)).

Table 147. Long-Term Supervision Population by Race Group
Fiscal Year	Indigenous		Asian		Black		Caucasian		Other
Fiscal Year	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2018-19	134	28	8	2	33	7	291	60	21	4
2019-20	150	29	11	2	38	7	292	57	23	4
2020-21	160	31	9	2	36	7	295	57	17	3
2021-22	156	29	13	2	40	7	308	58	17	3
2022-23	153	30	10	2	31	6	291	57	25	5
5-FY Avg.	151	29	10	2	36	7	295	58	21	4

Table 148. Long-Term Supervision Population by Offence Type
Fiscal Year	Violent		Non-Violent
Fiscal Year	#	%	#	%
2018-19	478	98	9	2
2019-20	501	97	13	3
2020-21	489	95	28	5
2021-22	501	94	33	6
2022-23	478	94	32	6
5-FY Avg.	489	96	23	4

Table 149. Federal and Provincial Long-Term Supervision Decisions
Fiscal Year	Pre-Release		Post-Release			Total
Fiscal Year	Change Condition	Other	Change Condition	Suspension	Other	Total
2018-19	83	-	332	60	139	614
2019-20	92	2	346	59	142	641
2020-21	77	-	376	75	127	655
2021-22	83	1	413	90	131	718
2022-23	74	-	397	72	168	711
5-FY Avg.	82	-	373	71	141	668

Note: ‘Other’ includes the decisions of no action, laying of information recommended, reduction recommended, termination recommended, and panel hearing ordered.

Table 150. Residency Conditions on Federal and Provincial Long-Term Supervision
Fiscal Year	Pre-Release		Post-Release			Total
Fiscal Year	Imposed	Prolonged	Imposed	Prolonged	Removed	Total
2018-19	68	5	55	155	16	283
2019-20	68	7	63	170	12	308
2020-21	59	-	44	192	14	295
2021-22	69	-	81	171	23	321
2022-23	63	1	46	183	18	293
5-FY Avg.	65	3	58	174	17	300

Note: Total = (pre-release imposed + pre-release prolonged) + (post-release imposed + post-release prolonged).

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Figure 34. Long-Term Supervision Population

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