Performance Monitoring Report 2006-2007

5. CONDITIONAL RELEASE...continued

FEDERAL RELEASES

Table 25

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS
Release Type	2002/03		2003/04		2004/05		2005/06		2006/07
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Day Parole	2097	27	2178	28	2173	28	2343	29	2245	28
Full Parole	201	3	235	3	209	3	236	3	168	2
Stat. Release	5080	66	5106	65	5092	65	5216	64	5250	65
WED	219	3	230	3	221	3	227	3	231	3
WED (to Long Term Supervision)	11	0	14	0	21	0	30	0	33	0
Total WED	230	3	244	3	242	3	257	3	264	3
Sub-Total	7608		7763		7716		8052		7927
Other*	102	1	133	2	104	1	101	1	100	1
Total Releases	7710		7896		7820		8153		8027
Total Offenders	6972		7146		7091		7403		7342

This table provides information on federal releases directly from institutions. It does not provide information on the number of paroles granted during the year, but simply the type of release the offender had on leaving the institution. Thus, when an offender already on day parole starts a new day parole or full parole supervision period, it is not counted as new release from institution. Therefore, while only 168 offenders were released on full parole directly from institutions during 2006/07, a total of 1,407 full parole supervision periods actually started during the year because 1,239 full parole supervision periods started after the offender had completed day parole (see Table 37). This is an example of how the Board uses gradual release to reintegrate offenders back into the community slowly and safely.

Federal releases from institutions decreased 1.5% in 2006/07 (  126). The number of offenders released on day and full parole decreased, while the number of offenders released on statutory release remained relatively stable and the number released at warrant expiry increased.

Statutory release continued to account for over half of all releases in 2006/07. In 2006/07, the proportion of offenders released on statutory release increased 1% to 65%, while the proportions released on day and full parole both decreased 1% to 28% and 2% respectively.

In 2006/07, 7,342 offenders had 8,027 federal releases from institutions. Some offenders were released more than once. In fact, 6,691 offenders were released once, 618 were released twice, 32 were released three times and one was released four times during the year.

Table 26

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS by REGION
Region	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
Atlantic	862	825	839	927	893
Quebec	1822	1765	1805	1797	1763
Ontario	1916	2022	2015	2044	2003
Prairies	2193	2225	2161	2276	2367
Pacific	917	1059	1000	1109	1001
Canada	7710	7896	7820	8153	8027

In 2006/07, the Prairie region was the only region to see an increase in the number of federal releases from institutions (  4.0%). During the same period, the Pacific region had the biggest decrease in the number of federal releases from institutions (  9.7%), followed by the Atlantic (  3.7%), the Ontario
(  2.0%) and the Quebec (  1.9%) regions.

Table 27

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS by ABORIGINAL and RACE (between 2002/03 and 2006/07)
Release Type	Aboriginal		Asian		Black		White		Other
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
Day Parole	1641	22	429	48	604	27	7917	29	445	38
Full Parole	119	2	99	11	133	6	594	2	104	9
Statutory Release	5300	71	343	39	1403	63	18122	66	576	50
Warrant Expiry	353	5	14	2	92	4	646	2	23	2
WED (to Long Term Supervision)	21	0	2	0	5	0	72	0	9	1
Total	7434		887		2237		27351		1157

Over the last five years, of Aboriginal, Asian, Black and White offenders, Aboriginal offenders were the most likely to be released from an institution on statutory release or at warrant expiry, while Asian offenders were the most likely to be released on day or full parole.

Table 28

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS by GENDER (between 2002/03 and 2006/07)
Release Type	Male		Female
	#	%	#	%
Day Parole	10093	27	943	48
Full Parole	924	2	125	6
Statutory Release	24878	67	866	44
Warrant Expiry	1108	3	20	1
WED (to Long Term Supervision)	109	0	0	0
Total	37112		1954

Over the last five years, female offenders were far more likely to be released from an institution on day or full parole than male offenders, and were far less likely to be released at warrant expiry or on statutory release.

Table 29

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS to STATUTORY RELEASE where PAROLE was PREVIOUSLY GRANTED
Year	Atlantic		Quebec		Ontario		Prairies		Pacific		Canada
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2002/03	222	43	413	32	376	30	548	38	162	29	1721	34
2003/04	182	41	331	27	353	26	473	33	189	29	1528	30
2004/05	178	36	297	24	312	24	470	34	196	29	1453	29
2005/06	223	43	283	25	337	25	511	35	199	28	1553	30
2006/07	212	39	288	24	263	20	475	31	157	24	1395	27

The proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where parole was previously granted has fallen from a high of 34% in 2002/03 to 27% in 2006/07. The proportion of 27% recorded in 2006/07 was the lowest of the last five years.

In 2006/07, the Atlantic region had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory releases where parole was previously granted at 39% and the Ontario region had the lowest at 20%.

Over the last five years, schedule II offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where parole had previously been granted at 50% and schedule I-sex offenders had the lowest at 14%.

During the same period, Black offenders had the lowest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where parole had previously been granted at 23% and Asian offenders had the highest at 34%.

Over the last five years, parole had previously been granted in 52% of federal releases from institutions to statutory release of female offenders compared to 29% of male offenders.

Table 30

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS to STATUTORY RELEASE where there was NO PRIOR PAROLE RELEASE*
Year	Atlantic		Quebec		Ontario		Prairies		Pacific		Canada
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2002/03	289	57	864	68	896	70	906	62	404	71	3359	66
2003/04	267	59	907	73	991	74	946	67	467	71	3578	70
2004/05	310	64	948	76	1006	76	898	66	477	71	3639	71
2005/06	300	57	856	75	1031	75	963	65	513	72	3663	70
2006/07	326	61	921	76	1048	80	1071	69	489	76	3855	73

The proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where there was no prior parole release has increased from a low of 66% recorded in 2002/03 to 73% in 2006/07.

In 2006/07, the Ontario region had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory releases where there was no prior parole release at 80% and the Atlantic region had the lowest at 61%.

Over the last five years, schedule I-sex offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where there was no prior parole release at 86% and schedule II offenders had the lowest at 50%.

Over the last five years, Black offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where there was no prior parole release at 77% and Asian offenders had the lowest at 66%.

Over the last five years, there had been no prior parole release in 48% of federal releases from institutions to statutory release of female offenders compared to 71% of male offenders.

Table 31

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS to STATUTORY RELEASE where PAROLE was PREVIOUSLY DENIED/NOT DIRECTED
Year	Atlantic		Quebec		Ontario		Prairies		Pacific		Canada
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2002/03	129	25	554	43	354	28	448	31	195	34	1680	33
2003/04	107	24	517	42	370	28	441	31	230	35	1665	33
2004/05	109	22	491	39	357	27	366	27	207	31	1530	30
2005/06	118	23	422	37	354	26	356	24	196	28	1446	28
2006/07	113	21	468	39	317	24	440	28	210	33	1548	29

The proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where parole was previously denied/not directed had steadily decreased from 33% in 2002/03 to 28% in 2005/06. However, in 2006/07, the proportion increased to 29%.

In 2006/07, the Atlantic region had the lowest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory releases where parole was previously denied/not directed at 21% and the Quebec region had the highest at 39%.

Over the last five years, non-scheduled offenders had the highest proportion of ederal releases from institutions to statutory release where parole had previously been denied/not directed at 36% and schedule I-non-sex offenders had the lowest at 27%.

During the same period, Aboriginal offenders had the lowest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where parole had previously been denied/not directed at 25% and Asian offenders had the highest at 42%.

Over the last five years, parole had previously been denied/not directed in 18% of federal releases from institutions to statutory release of female offenders compared to 31% of male offenders.

Table 32

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS to STATUTORY RELEASE with NO PRIOR PAROLE DECISION for RELEASE*
Year	Atlantic		Quebec		Ontario		Prairies		Pacific		Canada
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2002/03	160	31	310	24	542	43	458	31	209	37	1679	33
2003/04	160	36	390	32	621	46	505	36	237	36	1913	37
2004/05	201	41	457	37	649	49	532	39	270	40	2109	41
2005/06	182	35	434	38	677	49	607	41	317	45	2217	43
2006/07	213	40	453	37	731	56	631	41	279	43	2307	44

The proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release with no prior parole decision for release had increased to 44% in 2006/07 from 33% in 2002/03.

In 2006/07, the Quebec region had the lowest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where no prior parole decision for release had been taken at 37% and the Ontario region had the highest at 56%.

Over the last five years, schedule I-sex offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where no prior parole decision for release had been taken at 59% and schedule II offenders had the lowest at 15%.

During the same period, Aboriginal offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to statutory release where no prior parole decision for release had been taken at 48% and Asian offenders had the lowest at 24%.

Over the last five years, no prior parole decision for release had been taken in 30% of federal releases from institutions to statutory release of female offenders compared to 40% of male offenders.

Table 33

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS to WARRANT EXPIRY where PAROLE was PREVIOUSLY GRANTED
Year	Atlantic		Quebec		Ontario		Prairies		Pacific		Canada
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2002/03	6	21	3	9	4	6	10	16	2	6	25	11
2003/04	3	10	1	2	0	0	5	7	2	6	11	5
2004/05	1	6	4	6	1	2	2	3	1	4	9	4
2005/06	2	7	6	10	4	5	7	14	2	12	21	9
2006/07	0	0	4	9	1	1	2	3	0	0	7	3

The proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where parole was previously granted decreased from 9% in 2005/06 to 3% in 2006/07.

In 2006/07, the Quebec region had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where parole was previously granted at 9% and the Atlantic and Pacific regions had the lowest at 0%.

Over the last five years, schedule II offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where parole had previously been granted at 28% and schedule I-sex offenders had the lowest at 5%.

During the same period, Aboriginal and White offenders had the highest proportions of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where parole had previously been granted at 7% and Asian offenders had the lowest proportion at 0%.

Over the last five years, parole had previously been granted in 20% (4) of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry of female offenders compared to 6% of male offenders.

Table 34

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS to WARRANT EXPIRY where there was NO PRIOR PAROLE RELEASE*
Year	Atlantic		Quebec		Ontario		Prairies		Pacific		Canada
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2002/03	22	79	30	91	59	94	53	84	30	94	194	89
2003/04	27	90	43	98	52	100	65	93	32	94	219	95
2004/05	15	94	60	94	53	98	59	97	25	96	212	96
2005/06	25	93	53	90	69	95	44	86	15	88	206	91
2006/07	23	100	42	91	73	99	58	97	28	100	224	97

The proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where there was no prior parole release has varied between 89% and 97% since 2002/03.

In 2006/07, the Atlantic and Pacific regions had the highest proportions of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where there was no prior parole release at 100% and the Quebec region had the lowest at 91%.

Over the last five years, schedule I-sex offenders had the highest proportion of ederal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where there was no prior parole release at 95% and schedule II offenders had the lowest at 72%.

Over the last five years, Asian offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where there was no prior parole release at 100% and Aboriginal and White offenders had the lowest at 93%.

Over the last five years, there had been no prior parole release in 80% (16) of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry of female offenders compared to 94% of male offenders.

Table 35

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS to WARRANT EXPIRY where PAROLE was PREVIOUSLY DENIED/NOT DIRECTED
Year	Atlantic		Quebec		Ontario		Prairies		Pacific		Canada
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2002/03	11	39	13	39	17	27	13	21	11	34	65	30
2003/04	8	27	15	34	17	33	10	14	9	26	59	26
2004/05	2	13	23	36	16	30	13	21	7	27	61	28
2005/06	12	44	13	22	17	23	9	18	7	41	58	26
2006/07	9	39	5	11	19	26	12	20	9	32	54	23

The proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where parole was previously denied/not directed has varied between 23% and 30% since 2002/03.

In 2006/07, the Quebec region had the lowest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where parole was previously denied/not directed at 11% and the Atlantic region had the highest at 39%.

Over the last five years, non-scheduled offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where parole had previously been denied/not directed at 43% and schedule II offenders had the lowest at 22%.

Over the last five years, Aboriginal offenders had the lowest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where parole had previously been denied/not directed at 20% and Asian offenders had the highest at 36%.

Over the last five years, parole had previously been denied/not directed in 25% (5) of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry of female offenders compared to 26% of male offenders.

Table 36

FEDERAL RELEASES from INSTITUTIONS to WARRANT EXPIRY with NO PRIOR PAROLE DECISION for RELEASE*
Year	Atlantic		Quebec		Ontario		Prairies		Pacific		Canada
	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%	#	%
2002/03	11	39	17	52	42	67	40	63	19	59	129	59
2003/04	19	63	28	64	35	67	55	79	23	68	160	70
2004/05	13	81	37	58	37	69	46	75	18	69	151	68
2005/06	13	48	40	68	52	71	35	69	8	47	148	65
2006/07	14	61	37	80	54	73	46	77	19	68	170	74

The proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry with no prior parole decision for release has varied between 59% and 74% since 2002/03.

In 2006/07, the Atlantic region had the lowest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where no prior parole decision for release had been taken at 61% and the Quebec region had the highest at 80%.

Over the last five years, schedule I-sex offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where no prior parole decision for release had been taken at 72% and non scheduled offenders had the lowest at 41%.

Over the last five years, Aboriginal offenders had the highest proportion of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry where no prior parole decision for release had been taken at 73% and Black offenders had the lowest at 63%.

Over the last five years, there had been no prior parole decision for release in 55% (11) of federal releases from institutions to warrant expiry of female offenders compared to 67% of male offenders.

Table 37

GRADUATION from DAY PAROLE to FULL PAROLE or STATUTORY RELEASE by FISCAL YEAR
Release Type		2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07
Day Parole to Full Parole
	Atlantic	157	156	171	184	185
	Quebec	303	305	255	314	296
	Ontario	289	282	286	270	302
	Prairies	330	341	347	333	334
	Pacific	111	123	121	105	122
Total		1190	1207	1180	1204	1239
Day Parole to Stat. Release
	Atlantic	41	35	55	53	53
	Quebec	82	85	77	103	104
	Ontario	125	115	136	107	105
	Prairies	132	117	133	113	138
	Pacific	49	57	74	66	70
Total		429	409	475	442	470
All Graduations
	Atlantic	198	191	226	237	238
	Quebec	385	390	332	417	400
	Ontario	414	397	422	377	407
	Prairies	459	457	480	446	472
	Pacific	160	180	195	171	192
Total		1619	1616	1655	1646	1709

The number of offenders that graduated from day parole to full parole increased 2.9% in 2006/07 (  35). This is the highest number of graduations from day parole to full parole since 2002/03. This can be attributed, in part, to the 1.9% increase since April 1, 2003 in the number of federal incarcerated offenders who were eligible to apply for day parole. The increase in the number of federal pre-release day parole grant/direct decisions (  5.6%) between 2002/03 and 2005/06 also contributed to the increase in the number of graduations from day parole to full parole.

The number of offenders graduating from day parole to statutory release increased by 6.3% in 2006/07.

In the last five years, the Atlantic region has seen the biggest increase in the number of graduations from day parole to full parole (  17.8%), while the Pacific region has seen the biggest increase in the number of graduations from day parole to statutory release (  42.9%). During the same period, the Quebec region was the only region to see a decrease in the number of graduations from day parole to full parole, while the Ontario region was the only region to see a decrease in the number of graduations from day parole to statutory release (  2.3% and ò 16.0% respectively).