NCJ Number
146571
Date Published
1992
Length
70 pages
Annotation
This report describes Canada's temporary absence program and the offenders who have received furloughs from 1976-91; the program tests offenders' ability to behave appropriately in nonprison settings under varying degrees of supervision.
Abstract
Each year, about 7,000 offenders receive one or more temporary absences. The overall success rate has been 99.5 percent and has been improving during the past few years. Group temporary absences and temporary absences with resocialization escorts are used often; these allow for the most efficient use of correctional officers for the supervision of temporary absences. Offenders convicted of the most serious offenses are less likely than others to receive temporary absences and serve a larger percentage of their sentence before receiving an escorted temporary absence for family and community contact or an unescorted temporary absence. Native peoples are less likely than others to receive temporary absences, but they are also more likely to have been convicted of more serious offenses involving violence and to have served multiple federal prison terms. Females receive less family and community contact absences, possibly because they are more likely to be serving time for violent crimes. Tables and figures