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PAROLE BOARD OF CANADA

DECISION
OFFENDER INFORMATION :
Name : BACON, JARROD FPS :
Institution : FILE NO :

TYPE OF REVIEW :
▪ STATUTORY RELEASE - POST REL. (PAPER)

PANEL INFORMATION :
OBSERVER (S) PRESENT (except during deliberations) : NO ASSISTANT PRESENT : NO
EXCLUDED FROM PART OF HEARING : NOT APPLICABLE ELDER /ADVISOR : NO
REASON : NOT APPLICABLE

FINAL DECISIONS :
STATUTORY RELEASE - POST REL. REVOKED 2019-06-28

LEAVE PRIVILEGES : NOT APPLICABLE

SPECIAL CONDITIONS : NOT APPLICABLE

PREVIOUSLY IMPOSED SPECIAL CONDITION(S) STILL IN EFFECT : NOT APPLICABLE

NEW INFORMATION SHARED WITH THE OFFENDER : NOT APPLICABLE

REASONS FOR DECISION(S) :

The Parole Board of Canada (the Board) conducted an in–office review of your file to make a
decision further to the suspension of your statutory release as you waived your right for a hearing
on June 5, 2019.

The Board must examine whether or not, by reoffending before the expiration of your sentence
according to law, you present an undue risk to society.

At the age of 36, you are a first-time federal offender serving, since May 2012, a sentence of nine
years and two months for conspiracy to commit an indictable offence – Traffic in schedule I/II
substance.

According to file information, you were involved in conspiracy to acquire 100 kg of cocaine for
trafficking, for an estimated value of between 3 to 4.2 million dollars. At the time of the offence,
you were on bail for a prior weapons possession charge where your brother was co-accused.
However, you were later acquitted of that charge.

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Initially, this sentence was of 12 years (7 years and 2 months after time served), but the British
Columbia Court of Appeal subsequently increased your sentence to 14 years. Your sentence was
recalculated by the following this decision and increased to 9 years and two months.

Your criminal file officially opened in 2002 and includes offences such as unauthorized possession
of a prohibited or restricted weapon (an American handgun), flight while pursued by peace officer,
driving while disqualified, production of a scheduled substance and failure to comply with a
probation order/recognizance. This is without mentioning a number of dropped charges such as
armed assault, assault causing bodily harm, attempted murder (2), discharging firearm with intent
and unauthorized possession of firearm (5) and possession of a firearm or ammunition against a
prohibition order (5).

According to your case management team (CMT), you have maintained a criminal lifestyle over
the years and you are considered as a high profile inmate. For example, you were wearing a
bulletproof vest at the time of your arrest; in 2007, there was a shooting at your residence during
which your brother was shot and injured; in 2011, another brother was shot to death.

You are considered as a member of the Red Scorpions and the Bacon Brothers organization,
which has links with the Hells Angels. Furthermore, according to documentation, you would have a
considerable influence on the gang environment in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

The contributing factors related to your criminality are identified as attitude (high need), associates
(high need) and substance abuse (moderate need). Education/employment is considered
problematic. The accountability and motivation ratings remain low, which confirm your lack of
engagement in your correctional plan.

As for the Statistical Information on Recidivism (SIR), it indicates that two out of three offenders
with the same characteristics as you will not reoffend within three years of release, which
corresponds to a low-moderate risk. However, your CMT finds that there is a more significant risk
of recidivism than what is suggested by the statistical tool. Your reintegration potential is still
assessed to low by your CMT.

According to the Preventive Security Department, during your incarceration for the index offences,
you maintained connections with inmates known to be affiliated with the Hells Angels. You also
displayed a violent behaviour towards other inmates, not to mention a possible involvement in
illicit activities. Throughout your incarceration, transfers to other regions were made necessary for
safety and security purposes.

However, information in your file indicates that following your transfer to Institution in
the region, your behaviour improved and you positively involved yourself in your
correctional program.

In February 2017, you were released on statutory release with special conditions, including
residency. This release was suspended in July 2017 following a breach of special conditions
(avoiding bars and associating with criminal peers). Your statutory release was revoked in
September 2017. The Appeal Division cancelled this decision as it arrived at the conclusion that
the Board did not have the authority to make a decision since you should not have been statutorily
released in February 2017 further to the recalculation of your sentence.

In early 2018, you were involved in a series of violent events, with the help of an accomplice,
which took place over a very short period and was aimed at three different inmates. You were
placed in administrative segregation, your security classification was therefore reassessed as high
and you were transferred to a maximum security Institution.

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On June 13, 2018, you were released again on statutory release. Special conditions were
imposed on this statutory release, including a residency condition for six months, which was
extended for an additional six months in November 2018.

On December 19, 2018, a warrant of suspension was issued and executed after the Correctional
Service of Canada received a urine test that was positive for cocaine, which is a clear breach of
the condition not to use drugs.

Before that event, the caseworkers had doubts about your sobriety, particularly following a police
visit to in October 2018. According to file information, you took eight minutes to open
the door to the officers and the parole officer. In the apartment, the team noticed that it was very
untidy. You constantly repeated the same remarks and clearly seemed to be nervous. There were
no signs of clear substance use, but it was not ruled out given your agitated behaviour, the time
you took to open the door and the state of the apartment. At that time, your parole officer did not
have any proof confirming any kind of relapse into drug use. You maintained that you had
refrained from using any intoxicants since your release in June 2018.

Furthermore, the CSC underlines that you miss a urine test scheduled two days after the visit of
the police. Just one hour before the deadline to appear for the urine test, informed
the commissionaire that you were going to be taken to the hospital following an accident in which
you were allegedly the victim of a hit-and-run. Doubts were raised concerning the circumstances
of the accident, as well as the credibility of the version offered by you and . Your
parole officer wondered if you might have faked that accident in order to avoid taking the urine
test, which also casts doubts on a potential relapse into substance use before he received the
result that was positive for cocaine in December 2018.

Then, on December 15, 2018, it is reported that you could not be reached at 's
residence when a call was placed to ensure that you were respecting your curfew. The CSC was
able to reach you two hours later. However, it concluded that the explanation provided was
strange.

According to file information, during the post-suspension interview, you admitted using cocaine on
two occasions, blaming the relapse on a build-up of stressful situations that you were unable to
manage properly. You also hinted that you might have a mental health problem, possibly a bipolar
disorder, which may account for the fact that you turned to illicit substances to manage your stress
and negative emotions.

You acknowledged that you had not been transparent with your case management team, mainly
out of shame or fear of being perceived as weak. You showed openness in participating in a
substance abuse therapy.

You are asking the Board to cancel the suspension and you are willing to enter a detox centre to
address your substance abuse issues. However, your candidacy has been refused at
treatment center.

Your case management team acknowledges that during your release, you made some efforts,
particularly in engaging in school and volunteer work. However, as far as your risk factors are
concerned, it notes that you are not always motivated to make a sincere commitment to
introspection and criminological monitoring.

Regarding your release plan, your CMT believes that your real motivation for taking part in a
treatment program is, once again, more utilitarian than driven by a genuine recognition of your

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issues. It feels that this alternative plan is not a viable option at this time and does not mitigate the
risk that you present in the community.

It notes that at no time during your release period, did you seek the assistance of the CSC to
formally address your drug abuse problem and failed to take advantage of ongoing support
sessions. The CMT further notes lack of transparency.

In view of the clear breach of the special condition prohibiting you from using drugs, the high risk
that you present to public safety, your considerable influence in the world of organized crime, even
in , your lack of transparency with your case management team, which makes community
supervision ineffective, your less than stellar track record in honouring your legal commitments
and the potential resumption of your offence cycle (cocaine use), your case management team
assesses that no supervision program can adequately safeguard society against the risk that you
represent. Therefore, it recommends that your statutory release be revoked and is of the opinion
that you need to spent time in an institution and make progress on your risk factors before any
form of release is considered.

Further to this recommendation, new information was received to the Board. In February 2019, the
Board was advised that according to a Security Intelligence Report (RRS), the CSC held source
information and police information leading it to believe that you had continued the consumption of
intoxicants in the community and used various means to hide your consumption to your CMT.

Then, according to a April 18, 2019 RRS, you were involved in a conflict between two groups of
inmates in and you were considered a negative leader in the conflict.

After a careful analysis of your file, the Board notes that you have breached your special condition
prohibiting the use of drugs. Instead of seeking help, you took steps to actively hide your
consumption to your CMT. Your lack of transparency and your behaviour further to your re-
incarceration are indicative of your inability or unwillingness at this time to amend your behaviour
and take the required steps to turn your life around. The Board cannot ignore your criminality, your
risk of reoffending and the fact that your drug consumption is linked to your offence cycle.

At this time, the Board is unable to identify any additional supervision measure that could bring
your risk of reoffending to an acceptable level. As a result, the Board is of the view that the risk
cannot be managed adequately in society and, therefore, revokes your statutory release as it is
satisfied that you will, be reoffending before the expiration of your sentence, present an undue risk
to society.

DECISION(S) AND VOTES :

STATUTORY RELEASE - POST REL. REVOKED 2019-06-28

Board Member Vote Vote Date

BUSTROS, K. . REVOKED 2019-06-28

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SIGNATURES :

BUSTROS, K. . Board Member Signature Date

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