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Early home visit irks North Van MP

Anna Marie D'Angelo
News Reporter dangelo@nsnews.com

A North Vancouver drug dealer who was sen-
tenced to 3% years in jail in early February is

coming home to visit his parents next week.

David Darmadi, 23, was described by Crown prosecutor Dan Scanian
as the “controlling mind” who used six others “to take the heat fram him”
while selling cocaine to an undercover North Vancouver Mountie over 10
months.

Altogether 13 cocaine transactions involving as much
as two kilograms of cocaine costing $80,000 took place
through Darmad

Darmadi was arrested in September 1997, He was
released on bail, On Feb. 9, B.C. Supreme Court Mr.
Justice Dav cd Darmadi to jail.

On April 23, less chan three months afte

tion in a federal jail, Darmadi will return to North
Vancouver to visit ais parents on an eight-hour escort
ed fea’

Darmadi North Vancouver MP Ted White said our justice system

is very generous when it comes to rei. tegrating a crim-
inal into society. He questioned the wardens reasoning to allow Darmadi
out of jail to visit his parents less than three months into the relatively long
jail sentence.

“Visiting parents is one of those joys and rights and privileges that peo-
ple have when they are law-abiding citizens, not when they are supposed
to be locked up for three years,” said Whit

White said the average person would look at this situation and say the
justice system is not doing its job,

A federal parole official declined to speak specificall
because revealing jail status would contravene Darmadi
rights. Darmadi is classified as a first time non-violent off

The parole official did say thar Darmadi is presently cligible for escort-
ed temporary absences from prison. Escorted absences are granted by the
warden. A corrections officer escorts the prisoner during his stay in the
community.

On Sept, 9, Darmadi is eligible for day parole, work release and
unescorted temporary absences from prison, according to the parole offi-
cial.

An inmate on day parole lives in a community halfway house under

ion. A warden or the National Parole Board decides when to
s from prison. Statutory release (full parole) from prison
occurs when owo-thirds of a jail sentence has been served.

The federal parole official said chat the various gradual releas:
prison are aimed at having the inmate re-integrate safely into socie

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