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There are still some questions as to why a Regina woman convicted of starving a four-year-old child to death and abusing her sister is eligible for day parole.
Tammy Goforth was convicted of second-degree murder and criminal negligence in 2016. She was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 17 years.
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Goforth is still serving her sentence, but not all of it will be served in a jail cell.
Day parole offers the opportunity to help offenders reintegrate back into society.
Goforth will not have the opportunity to apply for full parole until 2033, but there’s no guarantee that will happen.
Two foster girls were rushed to hospital in 2012 and found to be malnourished, dehydrated and covered with bruises. The four-year-old died of a brain injury following cardiac arrest. Her two-year-old sister survived.
The Parole Board of Canada said Goforth is eligible for day parole in August.
She will live in an unidentified community residential facility in Saskatchewan for six months, and will face review after that time.
Goforth has been given a strict list of conditions to follow by the parole board including a curfew and no contact with children under 18.
Criminal defence lawyer Brady Knight did not work on this case, but said serious consequences come with breaching conditions.
“It would be very unlikely that she is free to go and do whatever she wants,” she said.
Knight said only about half of people who are convicted of second-degree murder are released on full parole.
“Even if she is released, she’s going to be subject to conditions from the parole board for the rest of her life,” he said. “It may be that she never gets any farther than day parole, and living in a halfway house.”
The parole board has listed Goforth as low risk to reoffend.
In the documents, it said Goforth “struggled to explain” her thought process when neglecting the children. The parole board recommended more programming to improve her insight.
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