Exploring the role of community-based organizations in the release of federally-sentenced people Sept. 19, 2022 Carleton University

Leonard’s Society of Canada & the Community Corrections Sector • Research Overview: Impact of COVID-19 on CBRFs • Supporting Life-Sentenced People • Questions 3 TERMINOLOGY • Community-based / NGO (non- • Person-centered language government organizations) / • Lifers = People serving a life Voluntary Sector sentence • Registered charities, Not-for- • Community Corrections Profits • Canadian crimina. [...] Main Activities: • Endorsing evidence-based approaches to criminal and social justice; • Conducting research and developing policy; • Supporting member affiliates; and, • Advancing collaborative relationships and communication among individuals and organizations dedicated to social justice. [...] • Public education and social action Leonard’s House Windsor (2012) • Rooted in evidence-based practice and informed by lived experience • Graduated release as a best practice RESEARCH OVERVIEW: THE IMPACT OF COVID-19 ON CBRFS 2020-21 General Objectives: • identify and support innovative CBRFs practices • inform how CBRF operators can safely continue essential service and program delivery during a. [...] Supporting the continuity of care within the prison health to public health spectrum and reducing barriers to integration are integral to improving integration outcomes for people who have been in conflict with the law. [...] SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH LIFE SENTENCES STATISTICAL OVERVIEW: 14 LIFE-SENTENCED PEOPLE IN CANADA 15 SUPPORTING PEOPLE WITH LIFE SENTENCES: IDENTIFYING THE NEED & STRATEGY 1976 1982 1990 1991-1992 • Abolishment of • SLHW began • LifeLine Project • The first In- capital punishment formalizing founded Reach • Increasing number concern for Workers of people with welfare of lifers began indeterminant & a.