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Prison and parole resources

Books
Canadian
o   Arbour, L., Commission of Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston (Toronto: The Commission, 1996)
o   Halsbury’s laws of Canada, Penitentiaries, jails and prisoners (Markham: LexisNexis, 2010)
o   Hogg & Whitehead, Guide to Ontario’s Ministry of Correctional Services Act, 2006 ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2006)
o   Jackson, M., Justice behind the walls (Vancouver: Douglas & MacIntyre, 2002)
o   Murdoch, J., The treatment of prisoners: European standards (Strasbourg: Council of Europe Pub., 2006)
o   My brother's keeper: a review of electronic control devices in Saskatchewan correctional centres housing male inmates (Regina: Ombudsman Saskatchewan, 2008)
o   Policy and Procedure Manual:  Board of Parole for the Province of British Columbia (New Westminster, BC:  British Columbia Parole Board, 2003)
 
English
o   Padfield, Nicola, ed. Who to Release? Parole, Fairness, and Criminal Justice (Cullompton: Willan, 2007)
 
American
o   Palmer, J., Constitutional Rights of Prisoners, 8th ed. (Newark, N.J.: LexisNexis, 2006)
 
Websites
John Howard Society of British Columbia (for prison reform)
 
Correctional Investigator Canada
 
Correctional Service of Canada
 
The Social Reintegration of Offenders and Crime Prevention (Ottawa: National Crime Prevention Centre, 2007)
 
Corrections and conditional release statistical overview: Annual Report 2006 (Ottawa: Solicitor General Canada, 2006)
 
National Parole Board
   
Board of Parole for the Province of British Columbia
 
From Confinement to Community (Ottawa: National Parole Board, 2007)