An Act to Bring Fairness for the Victims of Violent Offenders

The purpose of this enactment is to amend Part II of the Corrections and Conditional Release Act in respect of the following matters: (a) the parole review of offenders who are serving a sentence of at least two years for an offence involving violence; (b) the attendance of victims and members of their family at parole review hearings; (c) the consideration of victims’ statements by the National Parole Board when making a determination regarding the release of an offender; (d) the manner of presentation of victims’ statements at a parole review hearing; (e) the providing of information under consideration by the Board to a victim; (f) the cancellation of a parole review hearing if an offender has repeatedly refused to attend, or waived his or her right to attend, previous hearings; (g) the providing of transcripts of a parole review hearing to the victim and members of their family and the offender; and (h) the notification of victims if an offender is to be released on temporary absence, parole or statutory release.