NCJ Number
146863
Journal
Corrections Compendium Volume: 17 Issue: 6 Dated: (June 1992) Pages: 9-16
Date Published
1992
Length
8 pages
Annotation
Corrections Compendium contains in-depth feature articles, legal issue case reports, news updates, conference announcements, and survey reports of interest to corrections personnel and others who may deal in correctional matters.
Abstract
This issue's front-page article, "Innovations in Parole Hearings," is about how in Canada, offenders sentenced to less than 2 years imprisonment serve their sentences in provincial corrections institutions, and are eligible for consideration for parole upon serving one-third of their term. The Parole Board will grant parole to applicants who have derived maximum benefit from imprisonment, whose rehabilitation would be enhanced by parole, and who would not pose a significant danger to the public. Over the years, the community has increasingly become involved in parole decisions. The Legal Issues article is about a case in Ohio in which a jail officer's decision to call on paramedics, rather than cut down an inmate who was hanging from a noose in a suicide attempt, did not constitute medical indifference, and therefore, jail officials were not liable for the severe injuries incurred by the inmate. The Survey feature is on the inadequacy of funding and staff for Intensive Parole Supervision programs in the U.S. Idaho's Intensive Supervision Program is featured in another article.