89.8 Protection of Society from Dangerous Offenders
[Whereas,] Rationale:
NCWC supports the decision by the Parliament of Canada not to reinstate capital punishment. However, NCWC also supports the right of society to protection from those persons classified as ‘dangerous offenders’. Taking Responsibility, the report of the Standing Committee on Justice and Solicitor General on its review of sentencing, conditional release, and related aspects of corrections (the Daubney Report, 1988) addresses the concerns of NCWC with regard to ‘dangerous offenders’.
[RESOLVED,] NCWC urges the Government of Canada to adopt Recommendations 54 and 56 of the Daubney Report (1988)
Taking Responsibility:
#54 That the detention provisions of Bill C67 (1986) which provides the National Parole Board with legislated authority to detain dangerous offenders eligible for mandatory supervision in custody until their sentence expiry date, be retained and that these provisions be applied in appropriate circumstances;
#56 that violent, recidivist offenders on conditional release be placed in community correctional centres operated by the Correctional Services of Canada with access to appropriate programmes and supervision.