| Issue: |
Sub-Issue 1: |
Sub-Issue 2: |
Sub-Issue 3: |
| availability for work |
incompatible situations |
imprisonment |
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Summary:
The Commission determined that the claimant would not have been available for work if he had not been sick because he was incarcerated. The Commission imposed an indefinite disentitlement. The evidence in this case establishes that, following his incarceration, the claimant was released on parole, on the stipulation that he stay at a residential facility until the officials in charge of the facility decide otherwise. The claimant's probation officer indicated that, if the claimant left the facility without permission, he would be sent back to prison. The BoR reviewed the evidence and found that the claimant had not established availability for work and that an inmate of a prison or similar institution is disqualified from Employment Insurance benefits. The appeal by the claimant is dismissed by the Umpire.
