Ontario. Community and Young Offender Services

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Community and Young Offender Services

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Community and Young Offender Services

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1999-2002

      History

      The Community and Young Offender Services unit reported to the Ministry of Correctional Services and took over the functions of the former Correctional Services Division of the Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services. It was headed by an Assistant Deputy Minister.

      When the Ministry of Correctional Services was absorbed into the new Ministry of Public Safety and Security in 2002, the functions of Community and Young Offender Services were transferred to a new Correctional Services Division within that ministry.

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      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The Community and Young Offender Services unit was responsible for supervising all adult offenders 18 years and over who were on probation, conditional sentence or provincial parole. Community and Young Offender Services was also responsible for supervising young people aged 16 and 17 who were placed in secure or open custody, in community on probation or alternative measures. Probation and parole officers worked closely with all courts of criminal jurisdiction in Ontario and with the Ontario Board of Parole (OBP). Probation and parole staff supplied pre-sentence, pre-disposition and progress reports to judges, pre-parole reports to the OBP; supervision, assistance to probationers, offenders on conditional sentence, parole, young offenders and former offenders who need assistace after release. Staff offer counselling and guidance in life skills, alcohol and substance abuse, job search techniques, street management and interpersonal skills.

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      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1999-2002) (1999-2002)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA114

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services (1999-2002) controls Ontario. Community and Young Offender Services

      Dates of relationship

      1999-2002

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Correctional Services Division (1994-1999) (1994-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      CA2249

      Category of relationship

      temporal

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Correctional Services Division (1994-1999) is the predecessor of Ontario. Community and Young Offender Services

      Dates of relationship

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2256

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Approved

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

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          Sources

          Government KWIC indexes and telephone directories

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Sadinsky