Ontario Parole Board

The Ontario Parole Board (OPB; French: Commission ontarienne des libérations conditionnelles) is an independent inquisitorial agency in Ontario, Canada.

[4] The OPB can grant,[5] deny,[6] revoke, and suspend parole under the Ministry of Correctional Services Act.

Also, the Ontario Parole Board can also authorize the re-committal of parolees to custody, lift one's parole suspension, or cancel a temporary absence it has granted.

[7][8] Parole is a conditional release from a correctional institution.

[10] The OPB renders decisions for offenders serving a sentence of less than two years in an Ontario correctional institution and applications for temporary absences from correctional institutions for more than 72 hours.