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Status

• Bill C-232 was introduced and received first reading on September 19, 2025. It would amend the Corrections and Conditional Release Act.

Who it affects

• Inmates found to be dangerous offenders under Part XXIV of the Criminal Code.
• Inmates convicted of more than one first-degree murder, as defined in section 231 of that Act.

Key changes

• The Correctional Service would be required to assign those inmates a maximum-security classification and confine them in a maximum-security penitentiary or area of a penitentiary.
• The Commissioner’s authority to authorize transfers would be made subject to the new mandatory-classification provision.
• The bill would expressly make inmates classified as maximum security under the new provision ineligible for an unescorted temporary absence. The existing provision also applies to offenders classified as maximum security under the general classification process.
• The bill would revise the wording of the criterion for selecting a penitentiary, requiring the Service to take all reasonable steps to provide an environment containing only the necessary restrictions, taking the specified factors into account.

Other notable points

• The preamble refers to secure confinement of offenders posing a high public-safety risk and the spirit and intent of the Canadian Victims Bill of Rights.
• The provided text specifies no implementation deadline or cost.