Michael Jackson, a UBC law professor, spoke to the Globe and Mail about the parole system in Canada.
Jackson said a more risk-averse culture has been infiltrating the corrections system and the Parole Board.
“If you are working in a prison as a parole officer, you are primarily the one writing assessments for the parole board, and if you know you have bosses – both political bosses and people sitting over you in regional and national headquarters – who have an agenda to be more conservative, more risk-averse, and you have an eye on your future career advancement, that’s the tone you take,” he said.
