Bill C-56 · 42th Parliament · Justin Trudeau
An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Abolition of Early Parole Act
Government bill. Died when Parliament ended.
- IntroducedJune 19, 2017
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- Justin TrudeauPrime Minister
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What it set out to do
On 19 June 2017, the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness introduced Bill C-56, An Act to amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act and the Abolition of Early Parole Act, in the House of Commons and it was given first reading. Bill C-56, amends the Corrections and Conditional Release Act to, among other things, (a) reintroduce the expression “least restrictive” in certain provisions of the Act; (b) provide that an inmate must be released from administrative segregation before the end of the 21st day of that confinement, unless the institutional head orders that the inmate is to remain in administrative segregation; (c) provide that an independent external reviewer, appointed by the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, will review the case of an inmate who is ordered to remain in administrative segregation after that 21st day and in other circumstances; (d) provide that the independent external reviewer shall, after the review, make a recommendation to the institutional head as to whether or not the inmate should be released from administrative segregation; (e) provide that, 18 months after the amendments referred to in paragraph (b) come int…
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