Ontario Parole Board
Information about parole or a temporary absence from a provincial correctional institution
The Ontario Parole Board (OPB) makes parole decisions for applicants serving a sentence of less than two years in a provincial correctional institution. The OPB also decides applications for temporary absences from a correctional institution for greater than 72 hours.
Parole and temporary absences
Application and hearing process
- Parole hearings and circle hearings at the OPB
- How the OPB makes decisions and how to appeal an OPB decision
- Find all OPB resources
- Victim support
Observing a hearing
Laws and regulations
Contact the OPB
- Find out how to contact the OPB by email, phone or mail
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