Editing Parole (section)

==Canada==
In general, in Canada, prisoners are eligible to [[Parole Board of Canada|apply for full parole]] after serving one-third of their sentences.<ref>{{cite web|date=12 March 2019|title=Types of Release - Fact Sheet|url=https://www.canada.ca/en/parole-board/corporate/publications-and-forms/types-of-release-fact-sheet.html|access-date=8 November 2020|website=Government of Canada}}</ref> Prisoners are also eligible to apply for [[day parole]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-12-01|title=Types of Release|url=http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/parole/002007-0003-eng.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628193359/http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/parole/002007-0003-eng.shtml|archive-date=June 28, 2013|access-date=2016-07-06|publisher=Correctional Services Canada}}</ref> and can do this before being eligible to apply for full parole.

Any prisoner whose sentence is less than two years is sent to a correctional [[Provincial correctional services in Canada|facility in the province or territory where they were convicted]], whilst anyone sentenced to serve no less than two years will be sent to a [[Correctional Service of Canada|federal correctional facility]] and will thus have to deal with the [[Parole Board of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/media-room/009-0002-eng.shtml |title=Frequently Asked Questions|website=Correctional Service Canada |date=28 July 2010}}</ref>

Parole is an option for most prisoners. However, parole is not guaranteed, particularly for prisoners serving life or indeterminate sentences. In cases of first-degree murder, one can apply for parole after 25 years if convicted of a single murder. However, if convicted of multiple murders, either of the first or second-degree, the sentencing judge previously had the discretion to make parole ineligibility periods consecutive - thereby extending parole ineligibility beyond 25 years and, in rare cases, beyond a normal life-span.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/justin-bourque-gets-unprecedented-five-life-sentences-for-moncton-shootings/|title=Justin Bourque handed harshest sentence since Canada's last execution more than 50 years ago|first=Michael|last=MacDonald|date=31 October 2014|work=[[National Post]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/news/canada/winnipeg-killing-machine-who-targeted-homeless-men-gets-three-life-sentences-no-parole|title=Winnipeg 'killing machine' who targeted homeless men gets three life sentences, no parole|date=28 June 2016|website=nationalpost.com|access-date=15 April 2018}}</ref> [[R v Bissonnette|On May 27, 2022]], the [[Supreme Court of Canada]] unanimously ruled that extending parole ineligibility beyond the statutorily mandated 25 years was unconstitutional for being "cruel and unusual" punishment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/supreme-court-canada-bissonnette-mosque-shooting-sentence-parole-1.6466847|title=Quebec City mosque shooter must get chance at parole after 25 years, Supreme Court rules|first=Antoni|last=Nerestant|date=27 May 2022|work=[[CBC News]]}}</ref>