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Bill 58 Corrections Amendment Act 2009

Posted on Nov 29, 2009

The Speaker: Hon. members, we’re back on the Routine now.
The hon. Member for Battle River-Wainwright.

Bill 58
Corrections Amendment Act, 2009

Mr. Griffiths: Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s a pleasure for me to
rise today to request leave to introduce Bill 58, the Corrections
Amendment Act, 2009.
These amendments clarify the roles of monitoring and recording
and allow for electronic monitoring or recording of nonprivileged
inmate communications. The intent here is that it will increase the
opportunities that we have to intercept and report active or planned
criminal activities within our communities.
The amendments also will allow remission to be granted to
offenders serving sentences for provincial statutes or municipal
bylaw offences, Mr. Speaker, which are nonviolent crimes. This
encourages good behaviour and encourages inmates to take courses
to improve their quality of life so that when they get out, they’re
active in society, and it will reduce the offender population, which
should give us significant savings within our facilities.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

[Motion carried; Bill 58 read a first time]