se and prison reviews and assessment of risk upon
             return to the community before the full sentence of incarceration has
             been served. Parole allows some offenders to continue to serve the
             balance of their sentence outside the institution. The offenders must
             comply with several terms which accompany parole eligibility. As well,
             Parole allows for an opportunity, under the supervision and assistance
             of a parole officer, to become contributing members of society,
             providing they abide by the conditions of their release. If the
             conditions of parole are not met, the Parole Board has the power to
             revoke the parole and return the offender to prison.
             The decision of parole is rendered under jurisdiction of the department
             of the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Canada. Agencies of the
             Ministry of the Solicitor General are the National Parole Board (NPB),
             which is an independent administrative tribunal, and works in
             association with Correctional Services Canada (CSC) under the Parole Act
             and Penitentiary Act. Officers of these two institutions work to gather
             as much pertinent information as possible to ensure that a most
             appropriate, yet cautious decision is made. In most cases,
             consideration for parole for any offender falls directly into the hands
             of the National Parole Board and the Correctional Services Canada.
             However, offenders sentenced to less than two years placed in provincial
             institutions in Quebec, British Columbia and Ontario are subject to
             special Provincial Boards. As a result, there exists a slight
             difference: the Provincial Boards personally interview inmates whereas,
             the National Parole Board renders decisions from information given on
             paper only. Nevertheless, the decisions made are to grant, deny,
             cancel, terminate or revoke parole, or to detain offenders subject to
             statutory release in certain circumstances. The Board members are men
             and women from across Can...