DLM
07-29-2006, 01:36 PM
Terri Theodore, Canadian Press
Saturday, July 29, 2006
VANCOUVER (CP) - The British Columbia government plans to get rid of the provincial parole board and turn over all parole responsibility to the national board, the province's solicitor general says.
The move will mean offenders serving less than two years in provincial jails will have to wait longer to apply for parole, removing an important safety net, said the chairperson of the B.C. Parole Board.
Article: B.C.Parole (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=003893a9-7054-4717-8839-5107bffe7604&k=44135)
Saturday, July 29, 2006
VANCOUVER (CP) - The British Columbia government plans to get rid of the provincial parole board and turn over all parole responsibility to the national board, the province's solicitor general says.
The move will mean offenders serving less than two years in provincial jails will have to wait longer to apply for parole, removing an important safety net, said the chairperson of the B.C. Parole Board.
Article: B.C.Parole (http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=003893a9-7054-4717-8839-5107bffe7604&k=44135)