Is there some sort of resource out there that lists the names of all the people in bc who are currently in jail?

Is this sort of thing public knowledge?

haha

How many cvers are incarcerated.

B2F goes for sentencing next month. Wonder how much time he'll get?

Ok fine.
You're all as dumb as I am.

Court records should be public, because anyone can go in and watch a trial so you could know who the person is and what sentence they get by attending the trial, so it would make sense that finding that information afterwards would be doable as well. However I think you'd have to look up someone's name in particular and find their actual trial report and its outcome...I don't think there's just a big list of everyone who's in jail.

Also Im not sure what kind of confidentiality policies are in place about court documents. At my practicum I work closely with the court system and adjudicated individuals and we have really strict confidentiality policies...basically I can't say nothin' to nobody. But I'm pretty sure those are agency policies not laws.

If you really want to find out, I'd start by asking at the police station...they might send you to the courthouse but it can be hard to find someone to talk to/give you information there which is why I'd start with the police. Or maybe city hall?

Taken from the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act:

"A person who makes a request under section 5 has a right of access to any record in the custody or under the control of a public body, including a record containing personal information about the applicant."

"To obtain access to a record, the applicant must make a written request that

(a) provides sufficient detail to enable an experienced employee of the public body, with a reasonable effort, to identify the records sought,

(b) provides written proof of the authority of the applicant to make the request, if the applicant is acting on behalf of another person in accordance with the regulations, and

(c) is submitted to the public body that the applicant believes has custody or control of the record."

It goes on to talk about the exceptions (ie, information about court proceedings that are still in process, information that is an unreasonable invasion of privacy etc) but as far as I can tell, if you apply for it in writing and show that you have a good enough reason that you need to know it, you should be able to access anyone's court documents, because they're publicly owned.

Here's the link, if anyone feels like trying to decipher it any further...

http://www.bclaws.ca/Reco...20165/00_Act/96165_02.xml

Court records, yes. Jail, no.

Daily court records appear online however it takes a few days for these to appear sometimes. Through the court records you can see if someone is remanded into custody.

^^ ok, so you could find out if someone's been sent to jail but not what jail they're in?

^^ ok, so you could find out if someone's been sent to jail but not what jail they're in?


Its pretty easy to determine as most remanded people remain in custody at local jails in the city where they are facing charges. If it is a bigger trial then they will go to Fraser pre-trial.

isn't there a computer a surrey pretrial that you can look people up on ?

though you could confirm with our resident ceevee lawyer, kimia

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