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SIU Director’s Report - Case # 20-PCD-092 - Man’s Death at Elliot Lake Probation and Parole Office was Self-Inflicted

SIU

Man committed suicide inside Elliot Lake probation office, finds SIU

BayToday

Probation Officer wins Lifetime in Law Enforcement Achievement Award

Blueline

OPSEU - Invest in corrections

Press Conference

Who’s Watching Part 1: Ontario’s troubled probation system

Global News

Who’s Watching Part 2: Sexual predator on probation left to ‘self-report’

Global News

Who’s Watching Part 3: The consequences of breaking probation in Ontario

Global News

Who’s Watching Part 4: Ontario minister unaware of probation system problems

Global News

Child porn victim from Sudbury

Sudbury Star

Sex offender may be breaching conditions again

Global News

Government ‘out of touch’ on corrections crisis: OPSEU

OPSEU News

Supporting Probation and Parole Officers and Bailiffs with PTSD

Ontario.ca

Nathan Carriere held a knife to a woman's throat believing he was saving her children

Nugget.ca

Man wanted over shot fired in Brantford parking lot

CTV News

Courts Impose House Arrest & Curfews on Offenders But Who's Monitoring?

Windsor Star

Yet another example of the Courts imposing house arrest and curfew conditions on offenders under the supervision of Probation & Parole Officers. Police and Probation Services don’t routinely monitor such conditions so what’s the sense in placing offenders on such orders if they’re not being monitored? It’s time that the Ministry of Community Safety & Correctional Services gets serious about this crisis and creates a ‘Community Corrections Compliance Unit.’

Probation Offender Weapons Offence

Intelligencer.ca

Media report of weapons charges against offender on Probation clearly evidences that there are offenders on probation that jeopardize public safety and that Corrections hasn’t a system to monitor offenders in the community. Union asserts the necessity for the the creation of a ‘Community Corrections Compliance Unit.’

Offenders Under Probation Supervision Charged with Loaded Shotgun and Drug Possession

CBC News

The Probation & Parole system in Ontario is broken and Offenders know it, referring to it “as a joke.” As evidenced by the media report above where 2 offenders under Probation Supervision were caught by police with a loaded shotgun, drugs and a stolen vehicle, Public Safety is at significant risk on account of Probation & Parole Offenders not being supervised in our communities. When will the Gov’t create a ‘Community Corrections Compliance Unit?’