DCHP-2
day parole DCHP-2 (October 2016)
n. — Law, Administration
short-term approved leaves for prisoners nearing release.
Type: 5. Frequency — In the northern hemisphere, day parole is a Canadianism (see Chart 1). Like other terms, such as parkade and, to a lesser degree, Gravol, the same term appears to have developed independently in Canada and South Africa. Day parole is the Canadian-specific term and not, as COD-2 states, day release (see entry).See also: parkade Gravol day release mandatory supervision
- 1968 Offenders working at their jobs or attending school during the day and returning to prison at night. If working, they would be able to earn wages, support their families and even contribute to the cost of their confinement. More important, they would be engaged in productive labor, rather than sitting idle in prison, vulnerable to harmful association with other idle criminals. In the past two years the Parole Board authorized what it calls day parole in 215 cases and there are plans to extend its use.
- 1974 At least 15 of the 35 prisoners serving life sentences for murder in Cowansville penitentiary are receiving regular temporary absence passes despite a tightening of the temporary absence and day-parole programs announced in June, 1973, by Solicitor-General Warren Allmand.
- 1986 Prisoners can apply for day parole after serving a sixth of their sentence.
- 1994 The owner of the gun was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant for violating his day parole in British Columbia on Aug. 25.
- 2005 But he may get out far earlier than that. He is eligible to apply for day parole in April and full parole in July.
- 2015 Day parole has been granted to an Alberta man who took nine people hostage at gunpoint in a Workers' Compensation Board office in downtown Edmonton.
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Chart 1: Internet Domain Search, 21 Nov. 2015
- 1968 Offenders working at their jobs or attending school during the day and returning to prison at night. If working, they would be able to earn wages, support their families and even contribute to the cost of their confinement. More important, they would be engaged in productive labor, rather than sitting idle in prison, vulnerable to harmful association with other idle criminals. In the past two years the Parole Board authorized what it calls day parole in 215 cases and there are plans to extend its use.