Corrections and Conditional Release Act

Marginal note:Objectives for offender’s behaviour

• 15.1 (1) The institutional head shall cause a correctional plan to be developed in consultation with the offender as soon as practicable after their reception in a penitentiary. The plan is to contain, among others, the following:

  • (a) the level of intervention in respect of the offender’s needs; and

  • (b) objectives for

    • (i) the offender’s behaviour, including

      • (A) to conduct themselves in a manner that demonstrates respect for other persons and property,

      • (B) to obey penitentiary rules and respect the conditions governing their conditional release, if any,

    • (ii) their participation in programs, and

    • (iii) the meeting of their court-ordered obligations, including restitution to victims or child support.

• Marginal note:Maintenance of plan

  (2) The plan is to be maintained in consultation with the offender in order to ensure that they receive the most effective programs at the appropriate time in their sentence to rehabilitate them and prepare them for reintegration into the community, on release, as a law-abiding citizen.

• Marginal note:Progress towards meeting objectives

  (3) In making decisions on program selection for — or the transfer or conditional release of — an inmate, the Service shall take into account the offender’s progress towards meeting the objectives of their correctional plan.