[Omd] Roger will not be getting out in July

[Nick]

This didn't register with me when I listened to the news today (in fact 
I think the CBC may have mis-reported that a bill which was pushed 
through was the one which eliminated two-for-one for time served). But 
Roger called me tonight and told me what a parole officer told him, that 
the bill eliminating accelerated parole review received the royal 
ass-end yesterday.  In fact most of the 11 bills pushed through relate 
to "crime".  Fuckers.  This means he won't be getting into a halfway 
house in July.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/many-bills-would-die-with-election-call/article1954488/

It is really weird that the G&M makes the equation that non-drug-related 
+ non-violent = white collar crime.

Two bits of good news. Roger may still be able to get early parole; it's 
just a slower process which involves pleading a case in front of a 
parole review board. The earliest that could happen is August. The 
parole officer is pissed because their workload just shot up.

And Roger was shown around his new job today. It's a relatively plum 
job, distributing newspapers and other subscriptions, doing some kind of 
other courier work I didn't understand, and maintaining the facility's 
pool cues (!?).

Nick