Corrections and Conditional Release Act — C-44.6 26
Disclosure of information to victims 26 (1) At the request of a victim of an offence committed by an offender, the Commissioner (a) shall disclose to the victim the following information about the offender: (i) the offender’s name, (ii) the offence of which the offender was convicted and the court that convicted the offender, (iii) the date of commencement and length of the sentence that the offender is serving, and (iv) eligibility dates and review dates applicable to the offender under this Act in respect of temporary absences or parole; (b) may disclose to the victim any of the following information about the offender, where in the Commissioner’s opinion the interest of the victim in such disclosure clearly outweighs any invasion of the offender’s privacy that could result from the disclosure: (i) the offender’s age, (ii) the name and location of the penitentiary in which the sentence is being served, (ii.1) if the offender is transferred, a summary of the reasons for the transfer and the name and location of the penitentiary in which the sentence is being served, (ii.2) if the offender is to be transferred to a minimum security institution as designated by Commissioner’s Directive and it is possible to notify the victim before the transfer, a summary of the reasons for the transfer and the name and location of the institution in which the sentence is to be served, (ii.3) the programs that were designed to address the needs of the offender and contribute to their successful reintegration into the community in which the offender is participating or has participated, (ii.4) the serious disciplinary offences that the offender has committed, (iii) information pertaining to the offender’s correctional plan, including information regarding the offender’s progress towards meeting the objectives of the plan, (iv) the date of any hearing for the purposes of a review under section 130, (v) that the offender has been removed from Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act before the expiration of the sentence, and (vi) [Repealed, 2015, c. 13, s. 46] (vii) whether the offender is in custody and, if not, the reason why the offender is not in custody; (c) shall disclose to the victim any of the following information about the offender, if, in the Commissioner’s opinion, the disclosure would not have a negative impact on the safety of the public: (i) the date, if any, on which the offender is to be released on temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release, (ii) the conditions attached to the offender’s temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release, (iii) the destination of the offender on any temporary absence, work release, parole or statutory release, whether the offender will be in the vicinity of the victim while travelling to that destination and the reasons for any temporary absence; and (d) shall provide the victim with access to a photograph of the offender taken on the occurrence of the earliest of any of the following — and any subsequent photograph of the offender taken by the Service — if, in the Commissioner’s opinion, to do so would not have a negative impact on the safety of the public: (i) the release of the offender on unescorted temporary absence, (ii) the offender’s work release, (iii) the offender’s release on parole, and (iv) the offender’s release by virtue of statutory release or the expiration of the sentence. Timing of disclosure (1.1) The Commissioner shall disclose the information referred to in paragraph (1)(c) before the day on which the offender is released and, unless it is not practicable to do so, the Commissioner shall disclose it at least 14 days before that day. Continuing duty to disclose (1.2) The Commissioner shall disclose to the victim any changes to the information referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c). Idem (2) Where a person has been transferred from a penitentiary to a provincial correctional facility, the Commissioner may, at the request of a victim