Toward a Greater Respect for Victims in the Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Table of Contents

• The Office of The Federal Ombudsman For Victims of Crime
• Executive Summary
• Victims and the Corrections and Conditional Release Act: An Overview
  • Current victims' rights under the CCRA
  • Progress in bringing change to the CCRA
• Towards Further Progress: Recommendations
  • Incorporating victim principles into the CCRA
  • Providing information to victims
  • Prison transfers
  • The right to attend and participate in National Parole Board hearings
  • Limiting the ability of offenders to cancel hearings without proper justification and notice
  • The right to appeal a parole board hearing
  • Extending the time between hearings for those serving life and indefinite sentences
  • Restitution
• Conclusion
  • Appendix A: List of Recommendations
  • Appendix B: Canadian Statement of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime
  • Appendix C: List of Abbreviations