Chapter 11: Conditional Release in Canada

Question 1

Conditional Release

Answer 1

Release from prison before the expiry of the sentence subject to requirements set by the releasing authority.

Question 2

Coercive Measures

Answer 2

Measures that use force or threats of punishment to make an individual comply with the orders of a person in authority.

Question 3

What is remission?

Answer 3

Where one could reduce their time in custody by up to 1/3 through good behaviour, or absence of bad behaviour.

Question 4

What did parole used to be called?

Answer 4

Ticket of leave.

Question 5

Gradual Release

Answer 5

The process by which a convict moves from higher levels of security through lower levels and eventually into the community under conditional release.

Question 6

Gradual Release

Answer 6

The process by which a convict moves from higher levels of security through lower levels and eventually into the community under conditional release.

Question 7

Statutory release replaced ___ at the federal level.

Answer 7

Remission.